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was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution
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was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States
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was the second president of the United States (1797–1801), having earlier served as the first vice president of the United States
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Cornwallis joined the army in 1757, seeing action in the Seven Years' War. Upon his father's death in 1762 he became Earl Cornwallis and entered the House of Lords. Promoted to colonel in 1766, he next saw military action in 1776 in the American War of Independence
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was a general during the American Revolutionary War who originally fought for the American Continental Army but defected to the British Army
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American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
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was the wife of John Adams, the first Vice President, and second President, of the United States, and the mother of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President
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signed after the french and indian war
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The British Madw it so the colonists could not exapand to the west. It also established 4 new colonies
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The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American patriots that originated in the North American British colonies. The group was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to take to the streets against the abuses of the British government
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thisprovided better quarters for the military
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the boston massacre was the killing of five colonists by British regulars
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boston rebeled against tea taxes so they through tea off a boat into the harbor
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government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts
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The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies (Georgia was not present) that met on September 5, 1774
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Paul Revere rode through lexington warning people that the British were comming
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were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County
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pamphlet wrote by thomas paine to inspire the thirteen colonies to fight for independence angainst britian
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announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire
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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
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December 14, 1799) was the first President of the United States (1789–1797), the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
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was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington
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ended the American Revolution war between Great Britian and the USA
