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Martha Custis Washington
On Jan 6 1795, Martha married Gorge Washington. -
Treaty of Paris
This was when the French Indian war ended. -
Proclamation
It made it so the English couldn't go iver a line and settle. -
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Stamp act
The stamp cat was an attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. -
The Quartering Act of 1765
This made it so that England had more controle over American -
Sons of Liberty
People who fought against the stamp act. -
Townshend Acts
Created taxes on things like tea, lead, glass, paper, paint and oil to try to creat more controle over the colinies. -
Thomas Jefferson
He was elected to Virginia House of Burgesses in 1769. -
Boston Massacer
In 1770 British army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others. -
Boston Tea Party
This was when the colonies started to rebel agains England and they threw many barrels of tea into the port. Why this was a big deal because it was expencive tea and also it was one of the few things being taxed. -
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Intolerable Acts
This was when the King of Englend started to increase the taxes on the colonies. -
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1st Continental Congress
The colonies wanted more rights and less taxes. -
George Washington
George Washington was the first president of the United States, and the By 1774, however, Washington had become a key supporter of the colonial cause and was elected to the First Continental Congress. The next year, the Second Continental Congress voted Washington to be the commander of their army. -
Lexington And Concord
This was the start of the war or also known as "The shot heard Round the World". -
Loyalists
People who stayed loyal to the crown. -
Patriots
People who wanted to get away from Englend -
Abigail Adams
Fought for womans rights and was well educated -
Dec. of Independence
This was when America tryed to get away from England -
Sam Adams
He was one of the Founding Fathers. -
Thomas Paine
One of the first to be anti-slave in the U.S. and also inspired the armies in different ways. -
Hessians
They were apart of an army that was very rough and were very bloody. -
Lord Cornwallis
One of the best British generals who lost to the colonies. -
Battle of Saratoga
This was the battle that convinced the french to join the Americans. -
Battle of Yorktown
This was when the British were retreating but then the french came from behinde them and they surrenderd. -
Treaty of Paris-1783
This was when the Revolutionary War ended and the war against Englend was over. -
John Adams
2nd president of the United States. -
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold was a was gereral for the Americans but later the sided with the Brittish and died in 1801.
