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Was an English philosopher. Locke argued that people are endowed with natural rights to life, liberty, and property. And also argued that revolution was not only a right but an obligation, which influenced the Founding Fathers.
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Was the commander in chief of the continental army, and led them to victory. Was the first elected president of the United States of America.
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Best known for alerting the colonists in his "Midnight Ride" that the British were coming before the battles of Lexington and Concord. He served as a military officer in the revolutionary war.
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Helpped convince the continentall congress to vote for independence. He also wrote the Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jeffreson and Benjamin Franklin.
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Was elected to the continental congress representing Virginia. He also wrote the Declaration of Independence with the help of a few people.
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This was a 7-year war between British colonies and French colonies. The war made Britain need to spend a lot of money on the military. This is why Britain started taxing the American colonies.
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Fought in the revolutionary war, and was chief of staff to George Washington. He was a field commander in the battle of Yorktown.
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This act was passed by the British Parliament as part of the intolerable acts in response to the Boston Tea Party. The act stated that colonies had to pay for the food and shelter of British troops. The colonies thought of this as just a different way to tax them, and ended up revolting even more.
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This Act was passed by the Parliament and required a tax on the British colonies in America. Britain required that all printed materials be made on stamped paper produced by London. The colonies saw it as an abuse of power.
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These four acts were by the British parliament and taxed goods imported to American colonies. It was for the purpose of making back money that Britain spent on the French and Indian war. The colonies saw it as an abuse of power because the had no parliamentary representation.
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Reacting to the taxes imposed by the Townshend act, colonists and British soldiers fought, resulting in 5 dead colonists. A turning point in the American Revolutionary, the Boston Massacre united the colonies against Britain.
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The Sons of Liberty dressed up as Native Americans and tossed all the tea from the British East India Company ship into the Boston Harbor. The event was a protest to the Tea Act, which restricted the supply of tea to the BEIC only. The colonists saw it as yet another rule to tax and rule over them.
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The first continental congress included 12 of the 13 colonies. They met together in Philidelphia, Pennsylvania, starting on this date. They discussed boycotting British goods, as well as wrote The Petition to the King, which asked him to repeal the intolerable acts.
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Patrick Henery gave this speech at the Second Virginia conversion. It is said to have convinced the convention to deliver Virginia troops. for the Revolutionary War.
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These battles were the first in the American Revolutionary war. The British tried to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock in the battle of Lexington. They were unsuccessful but continued to Concord to steal the colonists' weapons. The colonists were successful in defeating the British in Concord.
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The second continental congress was included delegates of all 13 colonies. It acted as a government at the beginning of the revolutionary war. It raised armies, directed strategies, and appointed leaders. They also agreed for treatises like the Declaration of Causes, and the Declaration of Independence.
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Written by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams, the Declaration of Independence severed the thirteen colonies from Great Britain. I was adopted by the second continental congress on this date.
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Approved by the second continental congress and served as a first constitution. It detailed the organization of how all the states would be set up. This is the day it was ratified by all thirteen colonies.
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This treaty functioned as a peace treaty between Great Britain and the American cause. It officially ended the American Revolutionary War and set the boundaries between the British Empire and the United States of America.
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The U.S. Constitution defines the federal organization with a system of checks and balances. It originally consisted of seven articles. The first three describe the separation of power. The fourth through sixth describes the concepts of federalism. And the last article describes the procedure for states to ratify it. It also contained the Bill of Rights.
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Shot in a duel with Aaron Buur.
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