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Charles Montesquieu (1689-1755)
Baron de Montesquieu wasn't directly involved in the development of the United States Constitution, but his views on government were integral in providing the framework for the separation of powers. -
Sam Adams (1722-1803
He was a Founding Father of the United States and a political theorist who protested British taxation without representation. -
George Washington (1732-1799)
He led the Colonies to victory against Britain. George was the first president of the united states. -
Paul Revere
He is most famous for alerting Colonial militia of British invasion before the Battles of Lexington and Concord. -
Benedict Arnold (1741-1801)
Benedict became one of the most infamous traitors in U.S. history after he switched sides and fought for the British. -
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
He was the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president. -
French and Indian War
The war provided Great Britain enormous territorial gains in North America, but disputes over subsequent frontier policy and paying the war's expenses led to colonial discontent, and ultimately to the American Revolution. -
alexander hamilton (1757-1804)
Played a key role in defending and ratifying the U.S. Constitution. -
Proclamation of 1763
proclamation declared by the British crown at the end of the French and Indian War in North America, mainly intended to conciliate the Native Americans by checking the encroachment of settlers on their lands. -
Boston Massacre
Colonial dockworkers started throwing rocks and snowballs at British solders who then started shooting the Colonists. 5 were killed. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest. American colonists, dumped 342 chests of tea, imported by the British East India Company into the harbor. -
First Continental Congress
The Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 American colonies and later the United States -
"Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death" Speech
it's a quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention. The speech fired up America's fight for independence. -
Minutemen
Minutemen were civilian colonists who independently organized to form militia companies self-trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies from the American colonial partisan militia during the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress convened after the American Revolutionary War had already begun. In 1776, it took the momentous step of declaring America's independence from Britain -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence made it so the 13 colonies (in what is now America) could have independence from Britain. -
Hessians
The term "Hessians" refers to the approximately 30,000 German troops hired by the British to help fight during the American Revolution. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain. -
French Alliance (1778-1783)
It provided badly needed funds and naval support To the americans. -
Treaty of Paris
The British Crown formally recognized American independence and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States, doubling the size of the new nation and paving the way for westward expansion. -
US Constitution signed
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.
