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Patroits
Patriots supported a revolutionary war unlike the loyalists. That left about 1/3 of the colonists who did not take sides and remained neutral. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclimation of 1763 was important to the outcome of the war because it closed off the expansion for colonists in order to calm indian's fears of loosing their land. The proclimation established four new colonies too. Also, people in the area that the proclimation effected were under the king'a rule which built up more tension. -
Stamp Act
After the French and Indian war, the British needed to repay their debts. They did this by taxing colonists, saying that every document or peice of paper needed to have a payed stamp on it in order to be legal. -
Sam Adams
Sam adams was the cousin of John Adams. Sam Adams was unsuccessful as a businessman in Boston, but found his calling as a colonial activist, a member of the Massachusetts legislature, a protestor of the Stamp Act of 1765 -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act is very important to the outcome of the war because this was when colonists gave provisions and housing to British soldiers. -
Hessians
Hessians were German soldiers. About 30,000 German soldiers served in the Thirteen Colonies during the American Revolutionary War; nearly half were from the Hesse region of Germany; the others came from similar small German states. -
Townshed Act
The purpose of the Townshed Act was to raise revenue to pay for lawyers' and judges' salaries so that the colonies could have colonial rule independence. The Townshed Act were five laws made by the British government. Eventually this led to the Boston Massacre. -
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold was a revolutionary hero till he betrayed and fought for the British later in the war. Arnold was a great general and he won many battle throughout the revolutionary war. -
Martha Custis Washington
Martha Washington helped George Washington stay confortable and relaxed. Martha also contributed to some of George Washingtons disisions. -
Boston Massacre
On the night of the Boston Massacre, a group of colonists were taunting a group of British soldiers. As the taunting grew into a mob of angry colonists, the soldiers opened fire on them. This was a giant event that increased the tension a lot. -
Loyalists
Loyalists were American colonists that remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain. Loyalists chose to participate in the war by embracing the British Empire and advocating for continued English rule over the colonies. -
Thomas Jerfferson
Thomas Jefferson, 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, Jefferson served in the Virginia legislature and the Continental Congress and was governor of Virginia.Thomas Jefferson never fought as a soldier. Instead he used powerful words to fight for independence. -
Thomas Paine
Thomas Paine's writings inspired many of the patriots and american soldiers to fight and they also showed passion to the soldiers. -
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams helped in the revolutionary war by writing letters to people and taking care of people. She would often write her husband John Adams about politics. -
Boston Tea Party
After many colonists got fed up with the British tax, they decided to retaliate and show their independence. This was done by dumping about one million dollars of tea in the bay. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were laws that were made to punish the colonists for their previous actions including the Boston Tea Party. These were five laws made to anger/punish colonists. -
1st Continental Congress
This is an event where 12 colonies (not 13 becasue Georgia did not attend) met in Philidelphia. They came together in order to talk about how to react to the Intolerable Acts. The Marine Corps were created in this event. -
Paul Revere
In April 16th Paul Revere rode into the town of Boston Mass. He told the people that the british were coming and he warned the people about the British. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was the event where the Revolutionary War was started. This is when the "Shot heard around the world" started. -
Common Sense
"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine was basically a wake up call for the colonists. This was a "call to arms" for the colonists againts the British. This book was a list of all the wrongs that the British had inflicted on the colonists. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is an extremely important document to American history. This declaration declared the colonists independence from the British and made it clear that America was its own country. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a long one, lasting almost one month. This was the truning point in the Revolutionary War. The Americans one, and forced the British to surrender to our army. Soon French money and supplies were being shipped to America. -
George Washington
George Washington commanded the Continental Army in American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was the first President of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. He played a leading military and political role in the American Revolution. His involvement began as early as 1767, when he first took overt political stands against the acts of the British Parliament. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty were a group of Patriots dedicated to independence. They started meeting in secret. They called themselves the Sons of Liberty because they believed in being free. They did whatever they could to help the colonies become an independent country. Samuel Adams was the founder of the Sons of Liberty. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the final battle in the Revolutionary war. The American army beat the British again, forcing them to surrender. From now on America would be its own country. -
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Charles Cornwallis was a British general who fought against the Americans in many different battles during the Revolutionary War. One important battle was the Battle of Yorktown where the British surrendered. Cornwallis was a successful general, but he was unable to defeat the American and French forces, leading to the biggest loss in his life. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783, ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other. The other combatant nations, France, Spain and the Dutch Republic had separate agreements; for details of these, and the negotiations which produced all four treaties, see Peace of Paris (1783). -
Treaty of Paris
This was the final Treaty of Paris, which followed the surrender of the British in the Battle of Yorktown, The Treaty of Paris was the official end of the Revolutionary War. Besides ending the war, the treaty also set new boundaries for America, let the British troops peacefully return to Britain, and for the Americans to pay the rest of the existing debt to the British. -
John Adams
John Adams signed the Declaration of Independence who later to become president. John Adams was also one of the negotiators who drafted the Treaty of Paris in 1783 to end the Revolutionary War.
