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Sam Adams
He was a representative of the Continental Congress, and worked as a strong supporter of independence from Britain. In 1776 he signed the Declaration of Independence. -
Martha Custis Washington
She was the wife of George Washington and helped support him in the revolutionary war. -
Revolutionary War
He was the Cheif of the Contenental Army during the war and led them to victory. He later became the first US president. He was very important with the strategies in the war. -
Paul Pevere- date of birth
He rode to Lexington, to tell them about an incoming attack upon them. -
John Adams
He was the brother of Sam Adams and also was a strong supporter of gaining independance from Britain. He signed the declooration of independance. -
Thomas Paine
He wrote book such as Common scence that inspire the contenental army. -
Lord Cornwallis
He led British cat New York, Brandywine and Camden at New York, Brandywine and Camden. Laterr, he lost at Yrktown which was the last major step in the war. -
Benedict Arnold
He was part of the contenental army and was one of the best soldiers! He won many battles and helped the contenental arny greatly. Then he switched sides and was considered a traitor. -
Thomas Jefferson
He was one of the people that helped write the Dec. of independance. -
Abigail Adams
She was the wife of John Adams and was a very strong supported of womans rights. She helped her husband with poliical issues. -
Treaty of Paris
It ended the war between Great Britain and France. -
Proclamation of 1763
It was at the end of the French and indian war. They made a proclamation that stated: "all lands west of the heads of all rivers which flowed into the Atlantic Ocean from the west or northwest were off-limits to the colonists." (US history,org) -
The Stamp Act
"AN ACT for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, towards further defraying the expenses of defending, protecting, and securing the same" (ushistory.org) -
Quartering Act
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Sons of Liberty
They were the workers and tradesmen of Boston. They started out small and grew steadly as time passed. -
Townshend Acts
The townched acts were a series of events with the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
Boston Massacre
It was a street fight that was between a "patriot" mob, and a group of British soldiers. -
Boston Tea Party
Tea was very popular in the colonies and in Britain and it was a very big business but Britain started raising the taxes for the colonists so in rebelion the duped 342 chests of tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The coloniest's taxes were raised which lead to the Boston Tea Party. -
The Loyalists
They were people in america who stood up for Britiain during the entire war. -
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1st Continental Congress
They were a group of colnists and British soldiers that were meeting to dicuss the fights of the colonists and how the government in America was to be arranged. -
Lexington and Concord
It was a Battle betwen the British and other colonies. The colonists won after a series of battles. -
Common Sense
It was a pamplet by Thomas Paine challenging the authority of the British government -
Dec. of Independence
5 men including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin draftied a formal statement of the colonies' intentions which wa them taken over by Congress. -
Battle of Saratoga
It was aa turning point in the Revolutionary war and the Americans won it. -
Battle of Yorktown
This war was very important because the Patriot victory at Yorktown ended fighting in the American colonies. -
Hessians
They were the people people from Germany that were fighting for the British. -
Treaty of Paris-1783
It was the end of the Revolutionary war and it determined the Americans independance . -
Patriots
Patriots were members of the British Thirteen United Colonies who supported the Continental Congress in the Revolutionary War.
