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Hessian Soldiers
Hessian Soldiers were German soldiers that were under British rule. -
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Revolutionary war
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Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation said that no colonists were allowed to be at the head of a river that flowed into the atlantic ocean. It also established 4 new colonies. -
Treaty of Paris
The treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian war and also showed that the British had dominance outside Europe. -
Quartering Act (1774)
The quarterig act of 1774 said that soldiers were to be housed in barns, inns, and other unoccupied structures. This was only if suitable housing wasn't available -
Stamp act
The stamp act made it required many printed materials in the colonies be made on stamped paper in London. Which also made everything taxed. -
Sons of liberty
The sons of Liberty was a group of colonists that protested once the Stamp act was passed. -
Charles Cornwalis
Charles Cornwalis was a British general who fought in the Seven Year War. -
Townshed acts
The Townshed acts was to make more money in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges so that they would be independent of colonial rule. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was where British army soldiers shot and killed five civilian men and injuring six others. -
Samuel Adams
Was the 4th Govenor of Massachusetts. He was also one of the founding fathers. He was also a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a nonviolent political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston. People disguised as Indians, and destroyed the entire supply of tea on the boat in defiance of the American boycott of tea having tax the Americans had not authorized. -
Intolerable acts
The Intolerable Acts were where a series of laws were passed by the British Parliment relating to Massachusets after the Boston Massacre. -
1st Continential Congress
The First Continental Congress was a bunch of people from twelve out of the thirteen colonies(georgia wasn't present) -
Benedict Arnold
was a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but defected to the British Army. -
Paul Revere
Paul Rever started out his carer in 1765 when he joined multiple patriot organizations, using his artisan skills to make political cartoons. Revere also rode as a courier for the Massachusetts committee of correspondence and printed money for the provincial congress. His most famous action in the revolutionary cause however, was his midnight ride on April 18-19, 1775. Revere rode to Lexingtonto warn colonists the British were coming. -
Lexington and Concord
The battle was between the British and the thirteen colonies. The colonists won the battle which started the Revolutionary War. -
Martha Custis Washington
Martha Custis Washington was the wife of George Washington. She was also considered the first First Lady of the United States. -
Thomas Paine
He was the author of two highly influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution. He alsonspired the Patriots in 1776 to declare independence from Britain. -
Patriots
Patriots were the colonists of the British Thirteen Colonies that rebelled against the British during the American Revolution. -
Decleration of Independence
The Decleration of Independence said the the 13 colonies of america had become free from the british empire. -
John Adams
He was the 2nd President of the United States. He also played a leading role in persuading Congress to declare independence. -
Abigail Adams
Believed that women should go to school and get an education. -
George Washinton
George Washington was considered to be the father of the country. George Washington was both the commander of the Revolutionary Army and the President of the United States. -
Battles 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. -
Battle of Yorktown
It started when someone moved north to Virginia and then the Brittish decided to start planning an attack. -
Loyalists
Were people that remained loyal to Great Britan duing the Revolutionary War. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence. He didn't like how the British ruled.
