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- He was a part of a five person committe to draft the Declaration of Independence
- Layed the groundwork for the articles of confederation
- helped negotiate the treaty of paris

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-He was voluntold to write the Declaration of Independence.
- He uses Locke And Pained works to help create the document
- He convinced George Mason to write the Declaration of VA rights which was the model for the Declaration of Independence.

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-This officially ended the war
- It was a document that stated that the war was over and Britain recognizes America as an independent country.
-America brought three representatives and Britain brought two
-The British representatives were supposed to stay for a while but they left as soon as they signed it.

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- Wrote the Common Sense flyer
- basically told normal colonists what’s happening with the king in an easy to understand way.
- one of thomas Jefferson’s role model when writing the Declaration of Independence

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- Marked as the turning point of the war
- First battle where the colonists won over the British, this boosted morale and spirits
- They won by  utilizing  guerrilla warfare (not fighting a gentleman’s war anymore)

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- One of Boston’s leaders during the Boston massacre
- He served in the continental congress
- First to sign the Declaration of Independence as the head of the Continental Congress

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- Final battle of the Revolutionary War
-  General Washington led the American troops.
- Finally received help from the French and that’s why they won the battle.
-American troops on one side and French ships on the other, we had them trapped.

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- This document declared independence from Great Britain.
-Written by John Adams but had inspiration from Locke and Monroe.
- Biggest act of treason ever, signed by many inspirational leaders.

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- An american who seemed to be neutral.
- At the Boston massacre British troops were forced to attack and John sided with them.
- This angered the U.S. colonists.

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- Hardcore Liberal
- Had a famous ride from town to town warning the colonists that the British are coming.
- Revere really wanted to have the war to gain independence from Great Britain,  he probably convinced other people to think the same way.

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- Marked the beginning of the war
- This is when Paul Revere had his famous ride
-Revere Warned the colonists the British were coming so they were ready.

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- Met only 6 months after the first time
- decided to draft the declaration on independence.
-  Elected George Washington to be general

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- one representative for each colony (except Georgia) came to discuss if they needed to separate from England.
- Decided that they needed a change but not all wanted war
-decided to wait one year until they would meet again
-only took 6 months.

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- Group of colonists boarded a British boat and threw everything overboard (mostly tea)
-They did this because they were angry about the outrageous taxes on tea.
- This is just another thing that helped start the American revolution.

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- Colonists were angry because they didn’t want to pay taxes for a war they didn’t want.
- Mob of colonists harassing British troops and one soldier panicked and shot which started the “massacre”
- Portrayed to be the spark to start the revolution

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- Was an English officer at first, changed to be America’s officer.
-Not fully trusted because he once was with the english
- Had prior English knowledge so he knew how they fought
- He’s a complete traitor to British

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- British General
-Leader of British troops at the battle of Yorktown
- Too proud/classy of a general to resort to guerrilla warfare, unlike the Americans.

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-Similar to the tea act
- Taxes molasses or anything with sugar in it.
-Almost all foods have sugar in them so this basically taxed all foods.

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-Allowed Britain to ship goods directly to the colonies.
- Put a huge tax on tea for the colonists.
-Angered the colonists because tea is an essential for them.
- Leads to the Boston tea party

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- Made by England to get money from the colonists.
A law that had a direct tax on all printed materials from the colonies.
-This was made to prevent distension from being printed in the colonies.

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-Made by England, Once again.
-This prohibited settlement of the colonies west of the Appalachian mountains.
-This is because its too expensive for England to protect.
- This angered the colonists because they were forced into a war to get the land.

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- Was involved in the 7 years war with France.
-Now with a loss of money, King George decided to tax the colonists with the Stamp act, Tea act, And the Sugar act.
-Started the Revolutionary war against america when they refused to pay the taxes.

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-War between England and France in the U.S.
-Colonists were forced into the war by England.
- England won... But it put the King of England in debt.
-Because the King was in debt this leads to taxes to the colonists and the proclamation of 1763.