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Sam Adams
He as a founding father and a leader of the revolution. -
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Martha Custis Washington
She was the wife of george Washington, and the first first lady of the United States. -
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George Washington
He was the first president of the United states -
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Paul Revere
He was a silversmith and a patriot. He alerted the military that the british were approaching before the battles of Lexington and Concord. -
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John Adams
He was the second president, unding father, and he persuaded the congress to persuade them to declare independence. -
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Thomas Paine
He wrote persuasive pamphlets at the start of the revolution. He inspired the patriots to declare independence in britain. -
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Benedict Arnold
He was a general during the war. he had planned to surrender and end the war on purpose, but was stopped by American forces. -
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Thomas Jefferson
He had lots of accomlishments. He was one of the founding father, the third president of the united states and a good leader. -
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Abigail Adams
She was the second first lady and the wife of John Adams, and the mother of John Quincy Adams. All very respected and helpful people during the war. -
Treaty of Paris
It was an agreement between France, Spain, Great Britain, and Portugal that formally ended the French and Indian war. Great Britain had won over France. Which began the era of taking over land outside of Europe. -
The Proclimation of 1763
The proclimation was issued and a line was drawn to keep settlers from settling outside of the appalacians, It was to help Great Britain's empire in the north become stronger. -
Stamp Act
The British Parliament put a tax on any printed materials. This was directed at the British-America to help pay for troops. The colonists considere it a violation of their rights. -
Quartering Act
It was an act the parliament put in place making it so that any average American colonist would have to provide all the needs of the British soldiers. This created tension leading up to the war. -
Townshend Acts
Five laws that helped the British raise their revenue so they could pay judges and governors so that the British could enforce their rule better in America. This caused boycotts and lead to the Boston Massacre. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed five colonial men and injured six other people. The soldiers were arrested and charged with murder. May people viewed this as foreshadowing to the war. -
Boston Tea Party
People of Boston, disguised as Indians, boarded a ship and threw tons of tea from the ship into the harbor. This escalated the Revolution greatly. They did this to boycott the tax. -
Intolerable Acts
They were acts put in place by the British to make sure that Massachuesetts didn't have a self-government system after the Boston tea Party. -
First Continental Congress
One person from each colony but Georgia met to discuss the response of the Intolerable Acts. This was at the begininng of the revolution. -
Leaxington and Concord
It was the first battle of the Revolutionary War. It marked an outbreak between the British and the colonists -
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Loyalists
American colonist that stayed loyal to Great briain instead of America during the war. -
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Patriots
Colonists in the 13 colonies that rebelled aginst the British. They started the revolution. -
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Sons of Liberty
An organization of American patriots that was formed to protect the rights of colonists. -
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Hessians
They were German soldiers fighting under British rule. They provided lots of power to the king. -
The Declaration of Independence
It was a documanet stating that the 13 colnies were independent states and had no affiliation with the Britih. -
Battle of Saratoga
Two battles fought 18 days apart. It was considered a turning point in the war. The Americans triumphanty won. -
Battle of Yorktown
It was the most important battle of the revolutionary war. There were 17,000 troops against 9,000 British troops. The British eventually surrendered. This ended fighting in the American colonies. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
It was a document that ended the Revolutionary War and it's allys. France, Spain, and the Dutch republic made four treaties setting boundaries. -
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Lord Cornwallis
He was one of the leading British generals in the Revolution he hada treay named after him.
