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Thomas Jefferson
The 3rd president of America. -
Abigail Adams
The wife of John Adams -
Hessians
They were german soldiers that the british hired. -
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Revolutionary War
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Treaty of Paris-1763
The signing of the treaty formally ended the Seven Years' War, otherwise known as the French and Indian War in the North American theatre -
Proclamation
In English law, a proclamation is a formal announcement ("royal proclamation"), made under the great seal, of some matter which the King in Council or Queen Regnant in Council desires to make known to his or her subjects -
Quartering Act
Parliament enacted them to order local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations. -
Stamp Act
The stamp act raised the colonists taxes. -
Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts were a series of acts passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Paul Revere
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. -
Sons of Liberty
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Loyalists
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Intolerable Acts
They were a series of laws. The British fought back in the boston Tea Party -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party took place when a group of Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company, seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present). -
Benedict Arnold
He was a general during the revolutionary war. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.[9][10] They were fought on April 19, 1775 -
George Washington
He was one of the founding fathers of America. Defeated the French, And he was the first president. -
Patriots
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Dec. of Independence
This was when America was claimed as a new country. -
Martha Custis Washington
The wife of George Washington -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga conclusively decided the fate of British General John Burgoyne's army in the American War of Independence and are generally regarded as a turning point in the war. Two battles were fought eighteen days apart on the same ground. -
Lord Cornwallis
Lord cornwallis lead many successful British campaign during the American Revolution. -
Battle of Yorktown
This battle was one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War. The engagement lasted 20 days. -
Treaty of Paris-1783
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other -
Thomas Paine
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Sam Adams
4th Governor of Massachusetts
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John Adams
President