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Treaty of Paris
Ended the french and Indian war -
Proclomation of 1763
The proclomation organized North America -
Period: to
American Revolution
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Abigal Adams
She was the wife of John Admas. She was famous for many letters she wrote to her husband during the War -
the stamp act
England impossed at Stam Act for all licneses and Documnets -
Quartering acts
A law passed in Britain that all colonists had to provide food for Brittish soldierse -
Sons of Liberty
A secret group of patriots who rebelled against England and a set up acts of Defiance like the Boston tea party -
Sam Adams
Was the leader of sons of Lberty and he was John Adams cousin -
Townshead acts
A series of acts passerd by parliment-like the intolerable acts -
Boston Massacre
It was a riot of the colonist and British officers came to stop the violence. -
Liberty
Neabs freedom of people of goverments that unfair/oppressive. -
First continental congress
A meeting that all the delegates from the colonies went to, it was in response to the Intolerable Acts -
Loyallist
Colonist who were loyal to King george -
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold was a general during the American Revolution War and originally fought for the American Continental Army, he then betrayed the colonies. -
Lexington and Concord
1st battle of the revolutionary war. British attacked -
olive Branch Petition
Continental coongress petioned England and asked King to make peace. -
George Washington
He fought in the french indian war in England and then fought against England during the revoultuin war, was the first president of the U.S -
Thomas Paine
He wrote commen sense which asked the British for independance. It caused a lot of colonist to support the cause. -
Thomas Jefferson
He wrote the Decleration of independance and became the 3rd presidant in the U.S. -
John Adams
cousin to Sam Adams and Abigal was his wife, helped create the declaration of independence. -
Patriots
Colonist who rebeled and wanted independance form England -
Decleration of Independance
It was written by Thomas Jefferson and signed july 4th -
Hessians
They were German mercenaries who were paid 25 cents -
Battle of Saratoga
The fate of the American War of Independence were generally regarded as a turning point in the war. -
Battle of yorktown
The last major battle of the Revolutionary war, the colonists won and were free from britain -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the revoultuonary war and all the colonies were an independat county and britain was officaly out of the U.S. -
Proclomation of 1783
Brittish didn't allow any settlers east of the Appalaachian Mountains -
Lord Cornwallis
He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, then he became a painter -
artha custis Washington
She was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. also the title was not continued until after her death, Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States. During her lifetime she was know as the First lady