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He was one of the founding fathers and was responsible for helping to form a resistance to the Stamp Act
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He was the one responsible for warning the minutemen of the British invasion on April 18th,1775.
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He was the first president of the second continental congress. He was also the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.
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One of the authors of the declaration of Independence, He was one of the leading figures in the revolutionary war. He was also secretary of state and the minister of France.
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This was a 7 year war which was fought by the British and French. The Treaty of Paris was what resulted from this.
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He was one of the founding fathers of the US. In collaboration with James Madison and John Jay, Hamilton wrote 51 of 85 essays in the book The Federalist
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The sugar act was an act that aimed in stopping the smuggling of sugar and molasses.
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The stamp act was an act that required printed materials to be produced on stamped paper with a tax fee. This act was removed in 1766.
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The Boston Massacre was a street fight that happened in which British guards shot and killed 5 people while being harassed by a mob.
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This was a protest in which the sons of liberty dressed up as Indians and threw all of the Britons tea overboard. They were protesting the tax on tea.
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The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies.
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Minutemen were civilian colonists who organized to form military which were self-trained in weaponry, and tactics during the American Revolutionary War.
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This was a speech to to the Second Virginia Convention.
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These were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary war. These battles took place between Lexington and Concord.
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The Second Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the 13 colonies that formed in Philadelphia after the American revolutionary war.
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This was a battle fought near bunker hill during the siege of Boston in its early stages.
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It was written by 5 people, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston. Its purpose was to announce the separation from Britain.
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This was an alliance between France and the US during The American Revolution. It was a pact where the French provided many supplies to the Americas
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This was signed is Paris by King George III. This officially ended the American Revolutionary war.
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The Constitution was signed on this day. The US Constitution is the supreme law of the USA.
