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John Locke
John Locke was an English philosopher and political theorist who was born in 1632, and died in 1704. He had a political theory that stated that government- if by the consent of the governed- should protect the three natural rights by the titles of "life, liberty, and estate." SOURCE:https://www.history.com/topics/british-history/john-locke -
Minutemen
Minutemen were a hand-picked small force that required to assemble quickly and to be highly mobile. This started as early as 1645. The existence of minutemen was created before the Revolutionary War, though most people think that they were a new thing in the Revolution, and were created just for that.
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Sam Adams
Samuel Adams (Sam for short) was one of the Founding Fathers of America. He is known for protesting British taxation without representation, which united the colonies during the fight for independence. SOURCE: https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/samuel-adams -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was a colonial Boston Silversmith, Patriot, Propagandist, and industrialist who is well known for being featured in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem that described Paul's "Midnight Ride" in which he warned the colonists of a British attack. He also gave the local Militia a key advantage in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. (He was born on the date listed) SOURCE:https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/paul-revere -
John Hancock
John Hancock was a leader in the American Revolution, and signed The Declaration of Independence. He was a governor of Massachusetts, and his wealth and influence helped the movement for American independence. SOURCE:https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/john-hancock -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a Founding Father, the third president, and the primary author of The Declaration of Independence. He had sympathy for the French Revolution, which led he and Alexander Hamilton to be on a conflict. He resigned from Secretary of State in Washington's Cabinet in 1793.
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian war (AKA The Seven Years War) was a war between Britain and France that started in 1756 and ended in 1763. The French started expanding into the Ohio River Valley area, and the British were threatened because it was on the land of one of the Colonies that was claimed a British colony. The French were winning at first, but then it turned around and the British ended won in the end.
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Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton is one of America's most influential Founding Fathers. He played and important role in defending and ratifying the US Constitution, and he also built a financial foundation for the new nation, against his rival Thomas Jefferson. The difference in beliefs between these two helped to shape the first political parties. SOURCE:https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/alexander-hamilton -
Proclamation of 1763
A proclamation that was issues by the British after the French and Indian war. The proclamation was a way to satisfy the Native Americans by checking on the English trespassers that came through their land. It created the proclamation line that separated American Indian lands west of the Appalachian Mountains from the British colonies on the Atlantic coast.
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Sugar Act
The Sugar Act 1764 was a modified version of the sugar and molasses act of 1733, and cut the tax on Molasses in half. The sugar act also made it so that foreign products such as sugar, certain wines, pimento, coffee, cambric, and printed calico. It also regulated how much lumber and steel was being exported. SOURCE:https://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.html -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax that was imposed directly onto the American Colonies from the British government. It imposed a tax on every single paper document in the Colonies, and the money collected from the tax was meant to help the British Empire pay their debt.
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Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a riot that started out as a fight on the street between American Colonists and one single British Soldier, but quickly escalated to become a deadly riot. SOURCE:https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-massacre -
Boston Tea party
A protest in Boston, Massachusetts that happened because American Colonists were angry about the fact that tax was imposed without representation. 342 chests of tea were dumped into Griffin's Wharf, all of which came from the British East India Company. SOURCE: https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was made up of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies. The first Continental Congress met in 1774 in response to the Coercive Acts which were measures that the British made in response to the resistance from the colonies in new taxes. SOURCE: https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/the-continental-congress -
Hessians
The Hessians were thousands of German Troops that were hired to help the British during the Revolutionary war. They were mostly drawn form the German state of Hesse-Cassel, but came from other states too.
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
This Battle is known for starting the Revolutionary War. The night before, hundreds of British troops traveled from Boston to Concord, and Paul Revere, as well as others sounded the alarm to warn the residents of the colonies. It started with a confrontation on the Lexington Town green, and fighting and fire followed.
SOURCE: https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battles-of-lexington-and-concord -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress assembled right after the Revolutionary War begun. They did things like vote to create the Continental Army, and they also extended the Olive Branch Petition as a final attempt at reconciliation with the British Crown.
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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is/was a document that formally stated the intentions of the American Colonies puling away from Britain, and gaining independence. The document was mostly written by Thomas Jefferson, but was also written by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston.
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Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty of Paris Officially ended the Revolutionary War. The British Crown realized American independence, and gave up a lot of its territory that was to the east of the Mississippi River, which doubled the size of the United States and made a path towards Westward Expansion.
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US Constitution signed
The United States Constitution was signed in Philadelphia by 38 of the 41 delegates on September 17, 1787. It took a lot for Massachusetts among other states to consent to signing the document, for it lacked constitutional protection of basic political rights. The other states, however were a lot easier to get on board. it contained a set of fundamental principles that the people of the US were to follow.
SOURCE: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-s-constitution-signed
