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George and Martha Washington
Martha Washington served as the nation's first first lady and spent about half of the Revolutionary War at the front. She helped manage and run her husbands' estates. George Washington (1732-99) was commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War (1775-83) and served two terms as the first U.S. president, from 1789 to 1797. The son of a prosperous planter, Washington was raised in colonial Virginia. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), author of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president, was a leading figure in America's early development. During the American Revolutionary War (1775-83), Jefferson served in the Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress and was governor of Virginia. -
The French and Indian War
The french and Indian war was a nine year war fought between France and Great Britain. It determined control of the vast colonial territory of North America. -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on October 7, 1763, following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War. -
The Boston Massacre
On march 5 British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston. Prior to the Boston Massacre the British had instituted a number of new taxes on the American colonies including taxes on tea, glass, paper, and lead. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was important because the American colonists were protesting the Townsend Acts, which was a tax imposed by the British Parliament. The patriots boarded ships and threw tea owned by the east India company into the Boston harbor. -
Samuel Adams
Politician of the American Revolution, leader of the Massachusetts “radicals,” who was a delegate to the Continental Congress (1774–81) and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. -
The First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. The first congress agreed to a boycott of British trade and drafted a Petition to the King to repeal the Intolerable act. -
John Hancock
Hancock was one of Boston's leaders during the crisis that led to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in 1775. He served more than two years in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia, and he was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence in his position as president of Congress. -
The Battle of Lexington
This battle is important because it was the kick off for the american revolution. The battles of Lexington and Concord were considered a major military victory and displayed to the British and King George III that unjust behavior would not be tolerated in America. -
The Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War. -
The battle of Bunker Hill
The battle of bunker hill was a part of the early stages of the Revolutionary war. The cause of this war was the American forces learned that the British were planning on taking over the hills around Boston in order to gain a tactical advantage. -
The Declaration of Independence
The declaration of independence was very important during this time, Because the Declaration summarized the colonists' motivations for seeking independence. This event also started the 4th of July for us as a holiday of independence. -
Alexander Hamilton
When the Revolutionary War began, he was commissioned to lead an artillery company in the Continental Army and fought bravely in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, among others. By 1777, he had captured the attention of the army's commander-in-chief, General George Washington, who gave him a position on his staff. -
The battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
The French Alliance
agreement by France to furnish critically needed military aid and loans to the 13 insurgent American colonies, often considered the turning point of the U.S. War of Independence. -
The Articles Of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. -
The battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown was beneficial in The Revolutionary War because the Americans were led by George Washington and the french was led by Comte DE Rochambeau. Yorktown was the last major land battle of the american revaluation. -
The Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America on September 3, 1783, officially ending the American Revolutionary War. -
US Constitution Signed
The Signing of the United States Constitution occurred on September 17, 1787, at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention, representing 12 states, endorsed the Constitution created during the four-month-long convention.
