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George Washington
George was a cool guy who led a small army to a island and they attacked the enemies and won. he was also a army general. -
thomas jefferson
wrote the declaration of Independence -
french and Indian war
the french and Indian war wasn't actually between the french and the Indians. it was between the British, and the french and Indians were teamed up. -
Alexander Hamilton
he made the u.s. treasury and fought in the war -
sugar act
the basically had to pay tax for getting sugar and other stuff. it was really dumb. -
Boston massacre
Colonists were harassing British soldiers, this resulted in the soldiers shooting and killing five of the Americans -
tea act
they taxed the tea -
Boston tea party
when people knocked tea into the water to rebel -
intolerable acts
laws passed by the british parlament after the boston tea party -
first continental congress
it was when two guys met, early on in the american revolution. they in Pennsylvania so that's cool. -
common sense
it was a book written by thomas paine. it was to encourage people to join the revolution -
Lexington and concord
it was the battle that set off the revolutionary war. without this war the world pretty much wouldn't be same. -
bunker hill
it was the battle of bunker hill. -
washington crosses the delaware
he crossed the river -
declaration of independence
when the Americans made a break up letter to britian -
battle of trenton
there was a battle in trenton -
second continental congress
it was pretty much the same thing as the first one. except it was better. -
valley forge
no battle was fought here tho -
siege of Yorktown
it was the last battle before the british surrendered -
treaty of paris
the treaty of paris ended the war. so that was good.