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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and a patriot, but was a loyalist at first. Benjamin Franklin was a leading figure in the American Revolution, serving in the Second Continental Congress and as a diplomat to France. He was the negotiater in the signing of the treaty of paris. He died April 17, 1790. -
George Washington
George Washington was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Washingotn was a patriot. -
Paul Revere
Paul Revere was a colonial activist in Boston. who played a key role in mobilizing the colonial activism that led to the Revolution. Revere alerted the surrounding countryside by horseback that the redcoats would be arriving to ransack their military supplies. Paul revere was a patriot. -
John Hancock
John Hancock was a patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.He was also a founding father. Hancock is best known as an American Revolutionary leader and the first signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. He was a patriot. -
Thomas Jefferson
During the American Revolution, Jefferson was elected governor of Virginia and, after the war, he was appointed minister to France. He also played a key role in drafting the Declaration of Independence and is considered one of the Founding Fathers. -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was an organization of dissidents that originated in the North American British colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists. The group originated in the early summer of 1765 in Boston. Before the group grew it was known as The Loyal Nine. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was the killing of five colonists by British soldiers on March 5, 1770. It took place in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act launched the final spark in the revoutionary movement in Boston. One of the "Tea Act's" objectives was to undercut the price of tea smuggled into Britain's North American colonies. Also, to save a financially troubled East India Company. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the American colonists against Great Britian in which the colonists destroyed many crates of tea that belonged to Great Britian and was to be sold to the colonists with tax. This incident took place in Boston, Massachusetts. -
Battle of lexington and concord
The first battle of the revolutionary war and it was fought in massachusetts. British troops had moved from Boston toward Lexington and Concord to seize the colonists' military supplies and arrest revolutionaries. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first formal engagement in the Revolutionary war. Colonists surrounded boston, which the british had occupied. In the end, althought the british had many casualities, they took the hill. -
Declaration of Independence
The declaration of Independence announced that the thirteen colonies regarded themselves as the thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. It was signed in pennsylvania. -
Battle of Trenton
The battle took place in Trenton, Nw Jersey. The battle lasted about 45 minutesand and resulted in 900 Hessian prisoners. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. It took place in New York. Benedict Arnold, who had not yet turned traitor, was a leader of the American offensive, which forced the surrender of British troops under General John Burgoyne. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The battle of Yorktown began on Friday, September 28, 1781 and ended on Friday, October 19, 1781. It was fought in Yorktown, Virginia. The Battle of Yorktown was the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War, as the surrender of cornwallis's army prompted the british government to eventually negotiate an end to the conflict at hand, which was the freedom of the Colonists from Great Britian.
