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Benjamin Franklin was a supporter of America's independence and was also encouraging it.
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General William Howe was the the commander in chief of the British. He also chased and fought George Washington.
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General George Washington was the leader of the patriots.
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General Charles Cornwallis was the British officer who surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia.
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Marquis de Lafayette was a French soldier who helped the colonists during the independence of America.
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The Sugar Act was a revenue-raising act imposed on the colonists. There was also a Molasses Act that raised the tax on molasses. It was never effectively collected because there was evasion and resistance from the colonists.
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The Stamp Act was a act imposed on the colonists to pay for paper products.
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The Quartering Act were two acts which demanded colonists to house take British soldiers against the colonists' will.
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The incident where the British soldiers shot and killed five people and wounded more while under intense attack from a mob.
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The Boston Tea Party was a group of colonists who dumped tea into the harbor in a way of protest. 342 chests of taxed tea were thrown into the water.
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Bunker hill was the first great battle of the Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the colonists.
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Lexington and concord was the first military engagements in the Revolutionary War
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The Declaration of Independence was the official "word" of America's independence
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The last battle of the Revolutionary War. The Colonists won and the British surrendered at Yorktown, Virginia
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The Treaty of Paris officially recognizing the U.S. for its independence and power as a nation and ended the revolutionary war.
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This date has no historical meaning
