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- 'War of 1756–63. fought between the British and New France.
- supporting France included the Wabanaki Confederacy,Algonquin, Caughnawaga Mohawk, Lenape, Ojibwa, Ottawa, Shawnee, andWyandot.
- The British wanted to settle in the Ohio River Valley and to trade with the Native Americans. The French built forts to protect their trade with the Indians.

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- March 5, 1770,  British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob
- only 3 people died in the "massacre'
- the event was portrayed by Paul Revere in his painting of Innocent colonist being brutally murdered to spike a revolution

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- Political protest on the tea act  on December 16, 1773
- The protesters dressed as Native Americans and threw millions of dollars into the harbor
- They dressed as Native Americans not for disguise purposes but as a joke directed towards Great Britain

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- April 19, 1775, first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
- an unknown patriot was thought to have spread the word to Britain that the generals and supplies are located at Lexington and Concord, but was a trick played on the British
- when the British attacked the thought they would have the element of surprise on their side but were confronted be reinforcements and soldiers prepared for the attack

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- fought on Sep 19, 1777 – Oct 7, 1777
- marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, ending in  victory for  the Americans over the British
- only 90 american colonist killed as apposed to the 440 British killed

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-  Sep 28, 1781 – Oct 19, 1781, Yorktown, Decisive American and French victory
- French navy arrived near the end of the battle blocking British forces from retreating.
- George Washington captured the British general and agreed to let him go if Great Britain surrendered

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- King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two countries on 1 January 1801
- ten years after mental illness forced him to retire from public life, King George III, the king that lost to the American colonies, died at the age of 82
- had a genetic blood disorder called porphyria. Its symptoms include aches and pains, as well as blue urine.

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- American politician and soldier (general) who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.
- we won the war because of George Washington's choice to change to guerrilla warfare
- he was very pessimistic of his army thought that we could never win the war, fought anyways

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- led several successful early campaigns during the American Revolution
- was captured by George Washington and held under house arrest untill the British surrendered
- surrenders 8,000 British soldiers and seamen to a French and American force at Yorktown

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-  American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and Patriot in the American Revolution
- the patriot who painted the Boston Massacre
- very strongly wanted to go to war with Great Britain

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- John Adams was an American patriot who served as the second President of the United States
- served two terms as George Washington's vice president
- lost the re-election to Thomas Jefferson and retired. He eventually became friends with Jefferson after his own retirement

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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 - October 8, 1793)

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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 - October 8, 1793)

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- American merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution
- he was the first president of the 2nd continental congress
- he has the biggest signature on the declaration of independence

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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826)

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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826)

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- American Founding Father who was the main author of the Declaration of Independence
- third president of the united states
- treated the slaves that he owned very well and only had slaves because everyone else in the south did

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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790)

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Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790)

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- Franklin was a renowned polymath and a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, free-mason, postmaster
- discovered electricity
- He was the tenth son of his father a soap maker

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Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809) 

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Thomas Paine (February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809) 

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-  English-American political activist, philosopher, political theorist, and revolutionist
- wrote Common Sense

- Common Sense convinced many American colonists that the time had finally come to break away from British rule.

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- issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North after the end of the French and Indian War
- it forbid settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
- become one of the cornerstones of Native American law in the United States and Canada.

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- passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765
- made it so any printed material (paper) had to have a stamp on it
- Prime Minister Grenville thought that the American colonists should bear a heavier tax load

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- established in 1773
- taxed tea and tea products
- this angered colonist and this lead to the Boston tea party

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- passed on  On April 5, 1764
- required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on any form of sugar
- replaced with the Revenue Act of 1766, which reduced the tax to one penny per gallon on molasses

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- delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies who met from September 5 to October 26, 1774
-  the delegates hoped Britain would repeal its Intolerable Acts
- all the colonies but Alabama showed up

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- met in Philadelphia between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774
- The Second Congress managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence adopting the United States Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

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- established  July 4, 1776
- declared independence from Great Britain
-Thomas Jefferson wrote it

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- the armies and navies of America and France resulted in British surrender
- established on October 19, 1781