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Thomas Paine
Born: February 9, 1737, Thetford, United Kingdom
Died: June 8, 1809, New York City, NY
He heated the people to fight.
He created the book common sense.
Patriot -
George lll
George III was born on 4 June 1738 in London, son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha. He became heir to the throne when his father died in 1751, succeeding his grandfather George II in 1760.He was the king of England the time the war started. Obviously Loyalist -
Lord Cornwallis
Born: December 31, 1738, Grosvenor Square, London, United Kingdom
Died: October 5, 1805, Ghazipur, India
Was leader of the British and had victories at the beiginning of the war.
He was a General.
Obviously a Loyalist -
Benedict Arnold
Born: January 14, 1741, Norwich, CT
Died: June 14, 1801, London, United Kingdom
Benedict Arnold was a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but defected to the British Army.
He was only there for a little bit.
patriot then loyalist -
Thomas Jefferson
Born: April 13, 1743,Died: July 4, 1826 Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third President of the United States. Hey was a patriot but a loyalist at first. -
Sons of Liberty
Secret Society formed to protect the rights of colonists take to the streets against the taxes of Britain Gov.
Rebelled- Boston Tea Party -
Stamp Act
Passed by British Parliament
Imposed on all American colonists
Made them pay taxes on Stamps, Paper,Dices,Cards
And it was uesed to help pay debt for the seven year war. -
Townshed Act
Tax on glass,paint, oil,lead,paper,tea
was made to raise 40,000$ for the Administrators in the colonies
Colonists in America
Colonists protested against Taxes, MA assembly dissolved -
Tea Act
Designed to prop up East India Company tea was to have shipped to the colonies and sold at bargain price.
Passed by parliament
Boston Tea party -
Intolerable Act
Meant to punish colonists for their defiance with Boston Tea Party
Passed by pariament -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
Lexington, MA
America Won!!!
And the British started out in lexington and ended in Concord where the American forces overwelmed the British -
Period: to
Revolutionary War
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Bunker Hill
Boston, MA
It increased the American overall moral
And even though there were heavy loses it was a accomplishment
British won:( -
Trenton
Trenton,NJ
Hessian army eas crushed and the Americans were invigated by the defeat of British Hessians forces.
America won. -
Saratoga
Saratoga, NY
Turning piont of the war
America won -
Yorktown
Yorktown, VA
Ended Revolutionary War- Cornwallis lost virginia and was forced to surrender.
America won.
