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- This was the congress that made the Declaration of Independence.
- 56 members of the congress signed the Declaration of Independence.
- The reason this congress happened was to discuss about gaining independence from Britain.

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- Worked on Treaty of Paris.
- Part of five member committee that helped draft Declaration of Independence.
- Congress sent Franklin to France to enlist that nation's help with the American Revolution.

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- Treaty recognized America as a free and independent country for the first time.
- Sealed an allied partnership between America and Great Britain.
- Jefferson worked with the English for the peace treaty.

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- Surrendered his army in Yorktown in October 1781.
- Led several successful early campaigns.
- He was second in command so moved his forces to Virginia.

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- End of the war.
- Cornwallis surrenders to American army.
- The French finally show up to help and they are the reason why we won.

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- Turning point of the war.
- America is fighting a gentlemen's war.
- Gurrilla warfare was introduced to this war.

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- He was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence as president of congress.
- Was one of Boston's leaders.
- Served more than 2 years in congress during the American Revolution.

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- Assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence.
- Helped negotiate peace treaty with Great Britain.
- He was the first vice president of the United States.

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- Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
- Convinced George Mason to write the Declaration of Rights.
- Used Locke and Paine in writing to end colonial Independence on Great Britain.

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- Thomas Jefferson tried to end slavery.
- Set ideas of unalienable rights.
- It was the biggest act of treason.

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- Produced a pamphlet known as common sense.
- Inspired many Americans during battle.
- He strongly protested against British taxation

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- Warned the colonists that the British were coming ( Lexington and Concord ).
- Took part in the Boston Tea party.
- He was a patriot.

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- First armed revolutionary war.
- England tried to be "sneaky" and destroy all of the colonists supplies but the colonists found out.
- The war had officially begun.

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- It was formed to organize colonial resistance to Parliament's coercive acts.
- Delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia  met in Philadelphia as the 1st continental congress.
- Was also created to boycott all content with British goods.

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- Colonists boarded East India Company ships.
- The colonists had thrown all the cargo from the ships into the Boston Harbor.
- Most of the cargo was tin which was sold at really high prices to the colonists.

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- An act of British parliament.
- The objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by British East India company.
- American colonists had refused to buy the commodity which resulted in difficulties for the East India Company.

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- Colonists got very angry over the taxes that were being placed.
-  Only 5 people were killed and only 7 people were wounded.
- It was betrayed as a massacre to fan the anti-British flame into a full blown Revolution.

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- Was an act of British parliament.
- Exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and commercial documents.
- Colonial opposition led to the  act's repeal in 1766.

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- King of Britain during American Revolution.
- Made taxes that angered the colonists which made more conflicts.
- Was very extreme towards America and the colonists.

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- British law that taxed molasses and anything with sugar in it.
- It increased enforcement on smuggling laws.
- "Tilted the American Revenue" act of 1764 was a modified version of the Sugar act.

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- It prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian mountains.
- It was made to maintain good relations between the British and the Native Americans.
- The document exerted British control over the colonists.

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- Was appointed as the commander for the American Army.
- He used to be an officer for Great Britain and possibly had information on how to win the war.
- He had never commanded an army prior to this event.

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- The Natives had support from the French.
- Washington who was major factor of why the English won, was instrumental to beat the the French
- When the war ended and France was driven out.