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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris was the treaty that signed France's land of to Britain. The coloneys became angry because they should've been able to govern their own land and decide what amount gets ceced to them. The treaty started the seperation movment of the colonies from Britain. -
Proclamation of 1763
The proclamation of 1763 was declared by the British and was intended to stop the Native Americans from becoming angry at the encroachment by settlers of their land. This caused the settlers to become even angrier at Britain because they wanted to make their own land rights. The proclamation divided the colonies from the crown even more. -
Samuel Adams
Sam Adams was famous in the Revolutionary war for maily two reasons. First When the Stamp Act of 1765 ordered the colonists to buy stamps from England, Samuel started a protest. Onece they stopped the act. He said "If our trade be taxed, why not our lands, or produce. . . in short, everything we possess? They tax us without having legal representation."
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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was passed for the reason of raising money in the colonies for troops to be stationed to protect the colonies. The tax was on paper and it was issued by Britian. This angered the colonists because they did not enjoy the thought of raising money for something that they did not decide on -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act was made by Britain and declared that colonial officials or citizens had to house and feed the British soldiers that came over. This impacted the war because if there were no places open for the army to stay, it would have made it harder for them to come over and they may not have come over at all. Also, this caused the colonials to become even more enraged. -
The Sons of Liberty
The sons of liberty were a group of Patriots dedicated to independence, and formed after the Stamp Act. They helped the colonies gain independence in any way they could. -
The Townshend Acts
The Townshend Acts imposed duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, and other things. Britian knew that these acts were similar to the stamp act that upsetted the colonists, but they thought that since this one was more indirect, the colonists would accept it. This was horribly wrong and the colonists became even more furious. -
Boston Massacre
The boston masacre was when a mob of Patriots attacked a British General with snowballs and sticks, and the general called for back up. These back up soldiers then shot and killed 3 colonists, while injuring 8 others. This unjust event sent some colonists over the edge and placed a lot of doubt and anger in others' minds. -
Boston Tea Party
As response to the Tea Act of 1773, Patriot leader Samuel Adams organized 60 men and together they dumped 342 chests of tea valued at $1,000,000 in money today. This was an act of defiance from the rebels to one of the "intolerable acts" and was a big starting event in the Revolutionary war. -
Loyalists
Loyalists were a group of people that lived in the colonies and were still loyal to the crown, and wanted to help the British. A famous loyalist was Thomas Hutchinson whos house was burned down in Boston by an angry mob. Since Loyalists were a group of people and were there throughout most of the war, it is hard to pinpoint a date. -
The Patriots
Patriots were members of the thirteen colonies and who supported the Continental Congress and the idea of seceding from Britian. Patriots included many different people from George Washington to Sam Adams. Like loyalists, you cannot really place a date on this group of people. -
John Adams
John was important to the revolutionary war because John served from 1774 to 1777 as a member of the Continental Congress. He was the one who nominated Washington to be commander of the armed forces. -
Benedict Arnold
Benedict was important to the Revolutionary war because he was a British General from 1774 to 1801. Benedict Arnold began as a successful merchant in New Haven, Connecticut. He served in the Continental Army, working with soldiers such as Ethan Allan to bring about the capitulation of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. -
The Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were those including the Boston Port Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and many others. These acts were intolerable to the colonists and angered them even more. The acts consisted of such things like the unability to port in Boston bay and other petty things. -
The First Continental Congress
This was when the First Continental Congress met. They were elected people from the 13 different colonies and all had different views on the colonies' situation. Some wanted peace, others wanted freedom from England. This congress included many famous founders of our country including George Washington and John Adams. -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was a silversmith and he is famous today for his midnight ride to warn the colony's countryside about how the British were coming. This led to the Battle of Lexington. -
Lexington and Concord
This was when the British soldiers marched down to Lexington and Concord to stop the Patriots. They planned to attack swiftly but Paul Revere and horseback men like him thwarted their plans. The battle of Lexington was between the "redcoats" and some minute men. It was the start of the Revolutionary war. -
Thomas Paine
Thomas was important to the Revolutionary war because . Paine served in the Continental Army during the war, including a period as an aide to General Nathanael Greene, and wrote a series of essays called The American Crisis. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet that inspired colonists to fight for independence from Britian. It was written by Thomas Paine. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a member of the continental congress and he was the head of the comitte that wrote the Declaration of Independence. Thomas was very important to the revolutionary war because he was the head wrtiter of the famous document that declared the independence of the colonies. Thomas Jefferson later became a president of the United States. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence declared that the 13 colonies were seceded from Britian which was what the war was about. This was arguably one of the biggest events that happened during the revolutionary war. -
Hessians
Hessians were German soldiers paid for by Britain to fight in the revolutionary war. They themselves did not get paid, but compensated with food and shelter. Many students nowadays have heard of them in the context of when Washington led an attack on them on Christmas night. -
The Battle Of Saratoga
The second of the two battles of Saratoga, this battle was when the colonists won against the British at Bemis Heights. The battles of Saratoga are thought of as the turning points in the Revolutionary war. -
Martha Custis Washington
In June of 1780, when there was a harsh winter for the Continental Army, Martha Washington along with several other prominent women began a campaign to enlist the help of America's women to provide direct aid to soldiers in the Continental Army -
Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown was between George Washington and his army, and the British. In the end, the colonists won. This event was very significant because it was the final battle of the Revolutionary war and ended the Revolutionary war. -
Lord Cornwalis
Lord Cornwalis was a British general that lost at the battle of Yorktown. He was important to the freedom of the colonies because he lost the final battle allowing for the Patriots to win and claim freedom. He supposedly lost the battle because he did not know how to fight against the Native American battle tactics that the Patriots employed. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary war and stated that Britian was now a seperate nation from the colonies and also that Britian had to remove all of their troops from America. -
George Washington
George Washington was our first president as well as a member of the continental congress and a brilliant general that fought in the revolutionary war. He trumped Lord Cornwalis at Yorktown and led the colonies to freedom. -
Abigail Adams
Abigail Adams was the wife of John Adams. Abigail Adams was one of our country's greatest silent heroes. She went through war, pain, hardship, disease, and much more for the sake of the country she loved so much.
