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Ben Franklin
He was a founding father of the U.S.A, He invented thing such as the lightning rod. Newspaper editor in Philadelphia -
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John Hancock
First person to sign declaration of independence -
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Benedict Arnold
He was a traitor, he went to the british side and spied on the colonists -
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Thomas Jefferson
Wrote most of the delaration of independence -
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James Madison
4th president of the united states, graduated from Princeton. Known as "Father of the Constitution" -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The British won the battle but the colonists had their own kind of victory, the colonists took 1,054 british casualties -
Fun Fact
The Battle of Bunker Hill was actually faught on Breed's Hill -
declaration of independence
declared independence from britain -
Battle of Trenton
Continential Army captured 853 hessian soldiers and killed and wounded 105 hessians -
Battle of Saratoga
was actually two battles 18 days apart, contenential army trapped the british and made them surrender. This was the turning point of the war -
French Join the war
assisted the americans in getting independence. -
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Spain Declares war on Britain
spain declares war on britain -
Battle of Yorktown
british surrendered, Cornwallis surrendered his army 8,000 people, the british started to talk to the americans about peace