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Politician and Leader of the Sons of LIberty. He was a poplular leader in war and was cousin to John Adams.
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She was the wife of George Washington. She was the first first lady of the United States.
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He fought in the French Indian War for England and then fought against Enfland during the Revolutionary War. He was a famous General and became the first President of the United States. Washington is known as the Father of our country.
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He alerted the americans that the British are coming before the battle of Lexington and Concord
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He was cousin to Sam Adams and Abigail was his wife. HE was the lawyer who defended the British after the Boston Massacare. He was active as a patriot in the war.
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Author of Common Sense which was the first pamphlet to ask openly for independence for the colonies from England. Lots of colonists read it and it made them support the Revolutionary War.
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One of the leading British Generals during the war. He surrendered at the Siege of Yorktown
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He was an American General, but tried to give West Point to the British in exchange for money
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He wrote the Declaration of independece and become the 3rd President of the U.S.
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She was the wife of John Adams. She is famous for the many letters she wrote to her husband during the war. She wantwd the colonies to successfully gain independence and become a country free from England.
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This treaty marked the end of the Seven Years War. It was the beginning of an era of British rule outside Europe.
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The proclamation closed off the frontier to colonial expantion.
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The Stamp Act was parliament's first etempts to assert authority over the colonies
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The Quartering Act was passed so that colonists would be required to provide housing and food for British troops.
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A secret group of patriots who rebelled against England and set up acts of defiance like the Boston Tea Party.
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A series of laws that place taxes on glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea.
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This was a fight in the streets of boston between a "patriot" mob and British soldiers. It was a signal event leading to the Revolutionary War.
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Radical Bostonians dressed like Native Americans and tossed 342 chests of tea into the water to protest a new British tax.
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The First Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. The colonies discussed grievances against the crown.
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5 laws that the British passed to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party. This helped lead to the outbreak of war.
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First battle of the Revolutionary War. The British wanted to capture Sam Adams and John Hancock, but they escaped.
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Colonists who were loyal to King George.
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Colonists who were rebles and wanted independence from England.
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Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that openly asked colonists to seek independence from Britain. Many colonists read the pamphlet and then supported the Revolutionary War.
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It was written by Thomas Jefferson and It declared indipendence form the British rule.
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Burgoyne surrenders to American General Gates in Saratoga, NY.
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They were German mercenaries who were paid 25 cents to fights for the British against the colonies. Many ended up staying in America.
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Cornwallis surrounded on land and sea by Americans and French and surrenders.
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The treaty that ended the Revolutionary War. It said the colonies were an independent country.
