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Hessians
They were 18th century German groups contracted for service under the crown of the British empire. Half of the 30,000 German soldiers were from the Hesse region. -
Martha Custis Washington
She was the wife of George Washington, and considered to be the first lady of the United States: Lady Washington. -
Abigail Adams
Was the wife of John Adams, and the mother of Jhon Quincy Adams, 6th president of the US. -
Lord Cornwallis
He was a British Army officer. In the United States and Kingdom he was known as one of the leading generals in the war. -
Treaty of Paris
This was the peace offering of the seven year war in North America. Britian won and France, Spain, Portugual signed the treaty after Britians victory. -
Proclomation
King George the 3 issued the Royal Proclomnation. -
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Revolutionary War
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Stamp Act
In all colonies in British America aolonist had to pay a certainamount of taxes and give it to support the British troops in America. This angered the colonist and they faught against it. This helped the colonise become independent because they no longer had to pay for british troops under ritish rule. -
Quartering Act
Quartering Act lets parliment pass. Letting british soldiers to board in certain american colonies -
Paul Revere
The patriot named Paul Revere was important because he warned the Colonials of the approach of the British which effected how the war turned out. -
Sons of Liberty
They were a patriot political secret organization, made to take down the British and carry out the Boston Tea Party. They were organized in 1765. -
Townshend Acts
Affcect of the outcome of the Revolutionary War: Because of the taxes put on importas of goods, Botston boycotted english good which decreased British trade making the colonies more indpendent from teh british goverment. -
Sam Adams
He was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He was the leader of a movement that started the AMerican Revolution, and was a second cousin to president John Adams. -
Boston Massacre
A mob of Colonist formed around British Soldiers who were there to aurthorize the rules. Colonist rebeled which then led to a massacre. This made the colonies more indepenent because they rebelled against the British rule. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest. Colonist rebelled against the taxes they did not authorize. This was one of teh reasone the American Revolution broke out. -
Tolerable Acts
Laws were passed by the british. These laws stripped Massechusettes slef government right. Colonies were outragged and thsi was the key to the outburst of the Revolutionary War. -
!st Conetinental Congress
Delegates from twleve diffrent colonies held a convention ina response to teh Intolaerable Acts. this showed the Colonies were really trying to break free and become independent. -
Lexxington and Concord
Affect of the outcome of the Revolutionary War: Colonist stood and faced the Britsish soldiers. This ecouraged many other colonies to fight for their rights and gain their independence -
John Adams
John was the second president of the Unites States and a leader of American freedom from Great Britain. He helped compromising and making the peace treaty with Great Britain, and also wrote the Massacheusetts Constitution in 1780. -
Decleration of Independence
The Declaration of independe announced the thirteen American colonies that were at war with Britian were now independent. Thecolonies no longer had to follow British rule. -
Loyalists
Loyalists were colonists who were loyal to Great Britain during the war. 15-20% of 2,5 million whites in the colonies where Loyalists. -
Battle of Saratoga
There were many battles between the British and Amerca, and many attacks were committed. -
Benedict Arnold
He was a general in the war who orignially fought for the American army but traited them to fight for the British because of an offer he wanted to take. For a while, he was planning to surrender his own country to the British. -
Battle of Yorktown
A troop of combined American Continental army led by george Washingtopn won victory against th French Army Comte de Rochambeau under British command. Since the Colonist won this made them more intimadating and was a another step to freedom. -
Patriots
They were colonists who rebelled against British control during the war. Their rebellion was based on republicanism. -
George Washington
George was the first president of the United States. He was a great general with working strategies, which caused his forces to captured to major British armies. He also freed all his slaves by will, proving he was a great leader, and a good man. -
Thomas Jefferson
He was an American founding father, one of the authors of the Decleration of Independence, and the third president of the US. -
Thomas Paine
When Paine published two important pamphlets at the start of the revolution, he inspired the patriots to declare independence from Britain. He was taken out of jail in 1794, and became famous for his writing right after.
