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John Locke
He was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and known as the "Father of Classical Liberalism". He was very important in giving america its beleieves. -
Benjamin Franklin
He was born in january 17, 1706 and went through life striving for work. In 1733, he started to publish the poor mans almanach. He was an inventor and went on to help invent electricity and glass harmonicas. -
George Washington
George Washington was the first president iof the united states, also was a verty important general. He was also one of the founding fathers of America. -
John Hancock
Hancock emerged as a leading political figure in Boston just as tensions with Great Britain were increasing. He was a leading figure in the rebelion. -
Thomas Pain
Thomas Paine was born in january 29, 1737, and he created many works before he died. He created the book Common Sence in 1776. -
Treaty of paris 1763
The signing of the treaty formally ended the Seven Years' War, known as the French and Indian War in the North America. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was an organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. They are best know for undertaking the Boston Tea Party in 1773 in reaction to new taxes. Britain responded with the Intolerable Acts, leading to a counter-mobilization by the Patriots. -
Boston Tea Party
The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act, which had been passed by the British Parliament in 1773. Colonists objected to the Tea Act because they believed that it violated their rights as englishmen to "No taxation without representation," that is, be taxed only by their own elected representatives and not by a British parliament in which they were not represented. -
Battle of bunker hill
Early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Despite their loss, the inexperienced colonial forces inflicted significant casualties against the enemy, and the battle provided them with an important confidence boost. -
Declaration of Independance
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation, the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was unanimously approved on July 2. -
Battle of trenton
The Battle of Trenton was a pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. The battle signific -
Battle of Brandywine
This battle was fought between the American army of General George Washington and the British army of General Sir William Howe on September 11, 1777. The British defeated the Americans and forced them to withdraw toward the American capital of Philadelphia. More troops fought at Brandywine than any other battle of the American Revolution. -
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 -
Valley forge
Valley Forge was the military camp in southeastern Pennsylvania where the American Army spent the winter of 1777–1778 during the American Revolutionary War. -
Batlle of Yorktown
The battle of yorktown was a decisive victory by a combined force of American Continental Army troops led by General George Washington and French Army troops led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by British lord and Lieutenant General Charles Cornwallis. The battle boosted faltering American morale and revived French enthusiasm for the war, as well as undermining popular support for the conflict in Great Britain.
