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A founding father of the U.S and a political theorist.
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Paul revere was a silversmith and colonist who made a system of lighting lanterns to warn the minutemen of a British invasion.
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John Hancock signed the Declaration of Independence and was a governor of Massachusetts.
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A founding father, a principal author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third President of the United Staes.
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The French and Indian war started in 1756 and ended in 1763. It was a war that was over who would have power over north America between France and Britain. France fought with the American colonists and the Indians.
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One of America's most influential founding fathers, and was an important part in defending the U.S constitution.
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Reduced the tax on sugar and molasses from 6 tp 3 pence per gallon.
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To take control of the colonial currency system and to prohibit any new bills.
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The first internal tax put on American colonists by the British Parliament. The tax was put on all paper documents.
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A series of acts passed by the Britsh parliament that put taxes on goods that were imported to the American colonies.
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A riot between the American colonists and a British soldier which turned into a bloody fight.
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A political protest at Griffin's Wharf in Boston. The colonists were protesting Britain imposing taxes on their goods.
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They were civilian colonists typically 25 years old or younger, picked for their enthusiasm, reliability, and physical strength that came together independently to form the American colonial partisan militia.
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A delegate from each of the 13 colonies (except Georgia) went to Philidelphia to organize the "colonial resistance to Parliament's Coercive Acts"
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A speech by Patrick Henry in John's Church in Richmond Virginia.
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These battles started the American Revolutionary war.
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The first official statement declaring the nation's people the right to chose their own government.
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The Alliance of France and the United States to fight against Britain.
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George Washington and 17,000 troops of french and colonial men went against 9,000 of the British troops led by General Lord Charles Cornwallis.
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39 out of 55 delegates signed the constitution.
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In the Treaty of Paris, the king of Britain recognized America's independence from Britain.