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John Locke
Role:John Locke, was an English philosopher and physician.
Key Events: regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism".
Died: October 28,1704
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Benjamin Franklin
Role:During the American Revolution, he served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
Key Events:He also negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War. In 1787, in his final significant act of public service, he was a delegate to the convention that produced the U.S. Constitution.
Died: April 17,1790
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George Washington
Role:Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War
Key events: First President of The United States of America.
Died: December 14,1799
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John Hancock
Role:He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence and would later be elected the first governor of Massachusetts. Key events:In the mid-1760s, he won two consecutive political positions, first managing affairs on a local level in Boston and then moving to the colonial legislature. To avoid British taxation, Hancock had also allegedly taken to smuggling goods aboard his vessels.
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Thomas Jefferson
Key Events: Thomas Jefferson was a founding father and the author of The Decleration of Independence. Also the 3rd President in America.Role:He served in the continental Congress in the American Revolution and also served as a wartime Governor of Virginia.
Died: July 4, 1826
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Stamp Act
What:The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
Wrote: The British Parliment
Where: This was taxe on Colonists in America.
Significance: This made America un happy ot think they were just being controlled by Britian and this caused rebellions. Amercan wanted independence. -
Sons of Liberty
Who: A rebellious group who rebelled on many things, including the Stamp Act and Sugar Act.
Started: A group of 9 started by Samuel Adams
They took place in America, known as the first terroist.
Significance: They did rebellious things that led to Colonist wanting to rebell to Britian. -
Tea Act
What:reduce the massive surplus of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company in its London warehouses and to help the struggling company survive.
Initiated: British Parliment
Where: America
Importance: Helped America Realize we wanted to be independent. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
When and Where: It was fought in the Massachusetts in 1775
Outcome:The patriots won this Battle setting the tone for the American Revoluion early.
Significance: It was the first batte of the Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
When and Where: Breed's Hill, 1775
Outcome:While the result was a victory for the British, they suffered heavy losses: over 800 wounded and 226 killed, including a notably large number of officers.
Significance: This wounded and killed many British Soldiers, his was good for the Patriots. Also generals and officers died. -
Decleration of Independence
What: This is a writtin document declaring our freedom and independence as our own country.
Written by: Thomas Jefferson
Where: Philledelphia
Importance: Gave America Independence. -
Valley Forge
What:was the site of the military camp of the American Continental Army over the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War.
Who: America and Britian
Where: Pennsylvania
Importance:It made America Independent, This was the signing after the war saying we won and we gained independence. -
Battle of Saratoga
When and Where: In New York, 1777
Outcome: American Victory!
Significance: America wins the Revolutionary War leading to independence. -
Battle of Kigs Mountain
When and Where: North Corolina, 1780
Outcome: Patriots defeat the British.
Significance: captred, wounded and killed many Loyalists. -
Battle of Yorktown
When and Where: Yorktown, Virgina, in1781
Outcom AMerican defeated the British
Significance: First battle when the French And Patrots worked together to dominate the British.
