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Abigale Adams
She was the strongest female voice in the American Revolution and she was a key political advisor to her husband John Adams -
Virginia
Virginia patriots served in the Continental Army and fought against Great Britain, that eventually led to the British surrender at Yorktown. -
Proclamation Of 1763
After the French and Indian War ended, the British government issued the Proclamation of 1763, on October 7, 1763, which forbade colonists from settling the land west of the Appalachian Divide. This made them mad because they fought hard to earn the land and now they are being told that they have to give it away. That helped make the colonists want to start the American Revolution. -
The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act of 1765 was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. This made the colonists mad because they did not want to keep paying taxes for someone that lived across the ocean. -
Boston Massacre
The Massacre in Boston helped to unite the colonies against Britain. What started as a minor fight became a turning point in the beginnings of the American Revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
The Sons of Liberty and the Boston Tea Party, In 1771, a group of colonists protests thirteen years of increasing British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. They did this because of the taxes on tea and other items. -
Benjamin Franklin
He served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He also helped with the treaty of Paris. -
Boston
Boston was a big part of the American Revolution because it is where almost all of the events that led to the Revolutionary war happened. -
Siege of Boston
The opening phase of the American Revolutionary War. New England militiamen prevented the movement by land of the British Army, which was garrisoned in Boston, Massachusetts Bay. -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. -
Bunker Hill Battle
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 -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third U.S. president he was a leading figure in America's early development. -
Outcome of the American Revolution.
the American Revolution secured the independence of the United States from the dominion of Great Britain and separated it from the British Empire. -
The 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 -
John Adams
John Adams served as a diplomat and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris, which officially ended the American Revolutionary War. -
Another outcome of the American Revolution.
The Americans victory opened the western territories for invasion and settlement which created new domestic markets. Americans began to create their own items and no longer had to reply on those in Britain.