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Sam Adams
Sam Adams was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was viewed as a direct attempt by England to raise money in the colonies without the approval of colonial legislatures. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Patriot
A person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston -
Creation of the First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was in response to the Intolerable Acts. The delegates met in Carpenters Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialists, and Patriot in the American Revolution. He is best known for his midnight ride to alert the colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord -
Creation of the Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia soon after the launch of the American Revolutionary War. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on During the Siege of Boston in the early stages of the American Revolutionary War. -
Minutemen
Minutemen were civilian colonists who independently organized to form well-prepared militia companies self-trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies from the American colonial partisan militia during the American Revolutionary War. -
Thomas Paine
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was the first formal statement by a nation’s people asserting their right to choose their own government. -
Olive Branch Petition
The Olive Branch Petition was a final attempt by the colonists to avoid going to war with Britain during the American Revolution. -
Loyalists
Loyalists fighting in the American Revolution Engraving of the American Revolutionary War, depicting the death of British Major Patrick Ferguson -
Thomas Jefferson
In our national elections, electoral voters decide separately to fill the position of president and vice president, but that wasn't always the case. -
Martial Law
Military government, involving the suspension of ordinary law.
