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John Locke was an important person to help America become free. When he was alive he paved the way for the Enlightenment and made important contributions towards liberalism.
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Sam Adams was one of the founding fathers of America. He also protested British taxation.
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She was a courageous woman who helped George Washington in the revolutionary war. And was later the first first lady.
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George Washington was the commander and chief of the colony's army during the revolutionary war. He was later to be the first president.
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John Adams was a political philosopher. He helped write the declaration of independence and was later the 2nd president of the United States.
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John Hancock was one of the leaders of the American revolution. He was the Governor of Massachusetts and signed the declaration of independence.
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The credited author of the declaration of independence and later to be the third president of the United States.
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After the French expanded into the Ohio River valley France and the colonies had repeated conflict. Thus resulting in a series of battles known as the French Indian war.
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This was a tax imposed on all paper products and documents that were passed by Britain and taxed colonists. The colonist that this act was unconstitutional and reacted with protests and mobs the act was later repealed in 1766.
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The British government passed a series of laws. One of the big things that changed is they taxed on tea glass paper paint and lead.
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The Boston massacre was a fatal riot. It started with a physical fight between a few colonists and a British soldier. Then it got way worse and the British soldiers shot and killed 4 men. This led to there being more anti-British people and was one of the things that led to the American revolution.
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The colonist were mad that Britain for them taxing without representation. Therefore they had a political protest dumping boats loads of British tea into the harbor.
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Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams. She is known for requesting rights for women after the colonies declared independence from Britain. She was later to be the first lady of the United States and an adviser of John Adams.
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Representatives 12 out of the 13 colonies met in Philidelphia and discussed and organized colonial resistance against Britain.
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This congress meeting had many of the same delegates from all of the 13 colonies and they discussed war efforts for the American revolution.
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Minutemen were elite troops in the army. The helped win the Revolutionary war.
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These battles kicked off the revolutionary war. This was anticipated for a long time and tensions had been building for a long time. Troops from the British hiked to concord to receive cache arms then the alarm was sounded to intercept these Items resulting in one of the two first battles. Over in Lexington, there was a confrontation that started the first battle.
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The written document formally announcing the colonies' independence from Great Britain. In the Declaration of independence, there is the famous line "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
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The battle of Yorktown concluded the revolutionary war. The colonists were victorious and after the war independent!
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This was the day symbolizing the end of the war. The U.S. Constitution was a written document saying the congress had the power to wage war, govern foreign affairs, and to regulate currency.
