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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the man who wrote the declaration of independence. He was very young at that time. He was also the man who stood up for the red coats at court. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was when Britain had sold the French's land. The French allied with the Indians and they fought until they signed the treaty. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was the proclamation that said that the British could not settle west of the Appalachian mountains. The British were very mad about this because they had spent all of that money and then they had to go back. -
Sugar Act
The sugar act is the tax that the king and his parliament. The colonists were very mad that they had to pay an extra tax for sugar. The king was trying to make it sneaky but the colonists weren't stupid and they knew exactly what the king was trying to do. -
Townshend Act
The townshend act was when the king taxed all of the paper, paint, lead, and glass. They were not happy about having to pay extra to just buy some things. -
Tea Act
The tea act was the taxation of tea. The colonists started to smuggle in their own tea instead of paying the tax for Britain's fancy tea. They were really annoyed with the king. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston tea party was when the Sons of Liberty dumped all of the tea in the Boston harbor. They all dressed up as native Indians and they went in the middle of the night to dump it. It took them three hours to pour all of the tea. -
First Continental Congress
It was the first congress when the thirteen colonies. They met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at Carpenters Hall. It was early in the American Revolution. They talked about their options and considered a economic boycott. -
Intolerable Acts
The king closed the Boston Harbor do to the Boston tea party. They were cut off from goods coming in and out. They could not export anything or get any supplies or goods. -
Second Continental Congress
The second congress managed colonial war effort. Many of the 56 men who attended to the first congress had been at the second congress. -
Common Sense
Common Sense is an article that was written by Thomas Paine. It was an article that supported the idea of being an independent country. He wrote that they shouldn't be with the king anymore with all of his taxes. He said that they should go into war and not sit back like a bunch of cowards and use your common sense. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle of Lexington took place near Boston. It was the first battle of the war. British troops marched to Concord to take the weapons that the colonial militias were storing there. Paul Revere rode ahead and warned that the British were coming. The colonists had 49 men killed, 39 were wounded and the British had 73 killed, 174 were wounded and 26 were missing. -
Bunker Hill
On June 17, 1775, New England soldiers faced the British army for the first time in a pitched battle. Though the British forces claimed the field, the casualties inflicted by the Provincial solders from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire were staggering. Of the some 2,400 British Soldiers and Marines engaged, some 1,000 were wounded or killed. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson. At that time he was just a young boy. When it was time to vote all of the colonies voted yes except for New York, he did not have them vote. -
Valley Forge
The particularly severe winter of 1777-1778 proved to be a great trial for the American army, and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease. However, the suffering troops were held together by loyalty to the Patriot cause and to General Washington, who stayed with his men. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when the Red coats shot at the colonists and Thomas Jefferson defended them in court. By this time the colonists were so mad at the taxes that they started to take it out on the tax collectors. -
Siege of Yorktown
The Siege of Yorktown was the last battle of the war when the British troops decided they were tired and it was pointless to even be fighting anymore. The British surrendered and the American's had won the war. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris is when the British finally decided to let them be completely independent. They signed the peace treaty and they were no longer with Britain. They were now the United States of America. -
Alexander Hamilton
He devoted his full energy to ratification in 1787 and 1788. As secretary of the treasury Hamilton's great achievement was funding the federal debt at face value, which rectified and nationalized the financial chaos inherited from the Revolution -
Washington Crosses the Delaware
When Washington tells his troops to attack the Hessian's on Christmas eve. They cross the Delaware
