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George Washington
George Washington was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America and served as our first president. In the American Revolutionary War he led Patriot forces to victory over the British and their troops. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War pitted the colonies of British America against those of France. Each side supported by military units from the other big country's and by American Indian allies. -
Sugar Act
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were a series of British Acts of Parliament passed during the 13 colonies days and by the British in North America. The acts are named after Charles Townshend the Chancellor of the Exchequer who made the program. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed five people while under harassment by locals. -
Tea act
Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. This was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the the troubled British East India trade in its London warehouses and to help the financially struggling company survive on its own. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston Massachusetts on December 16, 1773. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were punitive laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention for leaders from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the spring in Philadelphia. It succeeded the First Continental Congress between September 5, 1774, and October 26, 1774. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774, at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia early in the American Revolution. -
Lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775. Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotommy, and Cambridge -
bunker hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 17, 1775, during the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. The battle is named after Bunker Hill in Charlestown, Massachusetts, which was peripherally involved in the battle. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
The United States Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776. -
Battle of Trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Siege of Yorktown
The Americans and the French allies decided to besiege Cornwallis at Yorktown. The Siege of Yorktown took place between September and October. The British laid down their arms and surrendered. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America it ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Alexander Hamilton
Alexander Hamilton was an American statesman and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was one who founded america who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States. Previously, he had been elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving under John Adams.
