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The Treaty of Paris was signed by Great Britain, France, and Spain after Great Britain defeated France in the French and Indian War.
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The royal proclamation closed off the frontier to colonial expansion.
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Loyalists were coloniest who stayed loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. Another name for them was The King's Men.
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An act where a granted and applied sertan stamp duties and British colonies for further expenses.
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An act which punished mutiny and desertion and for better payment of the army and the quarters.
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The Sons of Liberty was a group of American Patriots that originated in North American British colonies. The group was formed to protect the rights of the colonists.
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An act which permitted certain duties in the colonies for allowing a drawback.
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight between the British and colonist, in which three colonist were killed wounded eight and two died later.
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The Boston Tea Party was the aftermath of colonists who were angry because the British where taxing then to much, so they trough the tea overboard; a million dollars worth.
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The Intolerable Acts were laws that punished colonies for dumping tea into boston Harbor at the Boston Tea Party.
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The First Continental Congress was a gathering of respected people in Pennsylvania in response to be Intolerable Acts. They decided to boycott British goods in December.
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Paul Revere was a Night Rider and on the 18th of April in 1775 he wornd the colonies that the "British where coming!" He also surved as a a colonial miltia officer.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord where the first battles of the American Revolutionary War.
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Common Sense was writen by Thomas Paine and it challenged the authority of the British government. It was also the first openly writen book of ask for independence.
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Thomas Paine was a American activist, athur, political theorist, and revoluthionary. He wrote Common Sense.
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John Adams was the second president of the United States and was the first vice president.
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The Declamation of Independence was a statement by the Continental Congress which announced that American colonies regarded to them selves as independent sates and not part of Great Britain.
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Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father of America and the author of The Declaration of Independence. he was also the third president of America.
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Samuel Adams was one of the Founding Fathers of the U.S. and an American States Man.
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Patriots were the colonists of the British Thirteen United Colonies that violently rebelled against British control during the American Revolution and in 1776 declared the United States of America an independent nation.
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Hessian where 18 century German soldiers for service of the British empire.
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Benedict Arnold was a general in the American Revolutionary War for the American army, but traded American secrets to the British for money.
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The Battle of Saratoga decided the fate of the British army in the American Revolutionary War. It is the turning point in a war.
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Martha Washington was the wife of George Washington and the first First Lady of the United States.
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Lord Cornwallis led the British army to embarrassing defeat by the American colonies at the battle of Yorktown.
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The Battle of Yorktown was a victory of combined forces of American Continental Army and French army troops over the British army. it was also the surrender of Cornwallis and the last major battle.
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The Treaty of Paris ended the American revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States of America. It acknowledged that the colonies in America were free from British rule.
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George Washington was the first president of The United States and was a commander in the Revolutionary War.
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Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams, the First second Lady, and second First Lady.
