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Hancock was born in Braintree, Massachusetts.  after his father’s death when he was seven years old, he was adopted by his uncle, a wealthy Boston store owner.  He was the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence, and his first and last name, “John Hancock” is what people say when they need to put their signature on something.  He was a singer and active in early government in the 1700’s.

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The Intolerable Acts were laws that were used to punish the colonists because of the Boston Tea Party.
The Boston Tea Party was where a lot of unsatisfied Boston colonies threw tea in the ocean because they were unhappy about the taxation of the tea in America. The people were unhappy about the Intolerable Acts.

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The battle of Trenton took place on December 26th 1776, in ten days two very important battle for the revolution. Washington fought the Hessians at the battle of Trenton. At the battle of Trenton of the Hessians 22 were killed, 92 wounded, 918 captured, and 400 escaped and for the Americans two soldiers  froze to death and five hurt.They traveled to Princeton on January 3rd 1777 at the battle the bridge was destroyed.

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Patrick Henry was born in Hanover County Virginia in 1736 to John and Sarah Henry.A symbol of America's struggle for liberty and self government, Patrick Henry  was a lawyer, patriot, orator, and willing participant in virtually every aspect  of the founding of America.Henry married Sarah Shelton in 1754, and after Sarah's death, Wed Dorothea Dandridge in 1777.John Henry who had attended King's College University of Aberdeen, educated young Patrick at home, including teaching him to read.

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Ben Franklin was born January 14, 1706 in colonial Boston. He helped establish a couple of community organizations Philadelphia. In 1754 in a meeting at Albany, New York Ben proposed to plan to unite the colonies under a national congress, it was rejected. In 1757 he traveled to London as a representative for the Philadelphia assembly (which he was elected president in 1751). Ben returned to Philadelphia 1 month later in 1775 (a little bit after the revolutionary war had began) he was selected to serve as a delegate for the Second Continental Congress. In 1776 Ben went to France and signed the treaty of France that ended the revolutionary war. In 1785 He came back to Philadelphia once more. The first president of america was elected in April 1789, and Ben died a year later at the age of 84 in April 17, 1790. Some years later he was on the 100 dollar bill. That is the end of my report thank you.

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On July 4th congress approved of it  a common misconception is that it was signed on 4th of July.
Today the Declaration of Independence is worth more than $2,420,000
It actually didn't get signed till August 3rd
Finished being made on July 2nd

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The French and Indians joined together to form an army, but not all the Indians sided with the french. Then met the colonies while they were moving west and the first battle begun, the battle of Jumonville. An interesting fact is the war inspired Yankee Doodle Dandy.

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Born:February 9, 1737, Thetford, United Kingdom

Died:June 8, 1809, Greenwich Village, New York City, NY

Education: Thetford Grammar School (1744–1749)

Was a english writer

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Thomas Paine was an influential 18th-century writer of essays and pamphlets. Among them were "The Age of Reason," regarding the place of religion in society; "Rights of Man," a piece defending the French Revolution; and "Common Sense," which was published during the American Revolution. "Common Sense," Paine's most influential piece, brought his ideas to a vast audience, swaying (the otherwise undecided) public opinion to the view that independence from the British was a necessity.

Thomas Paine was an English American writer and pamphleteer whose "Common Sense" and other writings influenced the American Revolution, and helped pave the way for the Declaration of Independence.During the ensuing war, Paine served as volunteer personal assistant to General Nathanael Greene, traveling with the Continental Army.  While not a natural soldier, Paine contributed to the patriot cause by inspiring the troops with his 16 "Crisis" papers, which appeared between 1776 and 1783. "The American Crisis. Number I" was published on December 19, 1776, and began thusly: "These are the times that try men's souls." Washington's troops were being decimated, and he ordered that the pamphlet be read to all of his troops at Valley Forge, in hopes of inflaming them to victory.

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The first Continental Congress was made up of delegates from the 13 colonies. The 13 colonies were Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. The first Continental Congress met in Philadelphia 1774 and the second Continental Congress met in 1776. The second Continental Congress was based  on independence. The second Continental Congress adopted the United States Decorrelation of Independence on July 4, 1776, that is why we have the Fourth of July.

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The treaty of Paris was signed at hotel d’york were David Hartley was staying. The treaty of Paris was signed by U.S. and British Representatives like King George lll of great Britain  on September 3, 1783, ending the Revolutionary War. There were three important Americans in France to bring about discussion to the treaty for the United States. They were John Adams,Benjamin Franklin,and John Jay.  After the battle of Yorktown it took a long time for the an agreement of  US and Britain to be signed. It took about a year and a half later that King George III finally agreed and signed the treaty.

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The Townshend act started June 15, and ended on July 2 1767.

The Townshend started by a man by the name of Charles Townshend.

The Townshend acts started because King George lll taxed people in the United States.

The Townshend act happened in the state of Great Britain.

Charles Townshend was born on April 18, 1674, in Norfolk, United Kingdom.

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On April 5,1764 Parliament passed a modified version of the Sugar and Molasses Act.(1773),which was about to expire. Under the Molasses Act colonial merchants had been required to pay a tax of sixpence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses  As a way to raise revenues from the 13 colonies in America, the British parliament passed the Sugar Act on April 5,1764.

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On June 17,1775 in the Revolutionary War (1775-83). Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Most of the Battle happened on Breed´s the British beat hill in Massachusetts.  The British beat the Americans.

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Samuel Adams and The Sons Of Liberty made the Boston Tea Party.

The tea the British dumped the 342 that cost $90, 000 pounds. ( pounds mean dollars)

The colonists dressed like the Mohawk Indians.

The Boston Tea party took place in 1773 on December when British came to the Boston Harbor.

The  tea was for tea and tax.

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George Washington was the first president in North America stayed president for two terms. His interests were Expanding to the west and the military arts. After the revolution, he married Martha Dandridge Custis, and was devoted to a happy life. In his 3 years of retirement, he had about 300 slaves. When he died of throat infection, Washington set all of the 300 slaves free.

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Thomas Jefferson was born April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia.  He wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776.  He also designed and began the University of Virginia.  He was the 3 president of the United States of America and is on the 2 dollar bill.

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The battles of Lexington and Concord were the battles that signaled the start of the American Revolutionary war. It started when the British Army came out from Boston to capture rebel leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock in Lexington and also to destroy America’s store of ammunition and weapons in Concord. After the americans fled from Lexington the British Army met little resistance and started to search for the militia’s hidden stash of weapons and munitions. The people gathered at the outskirts of Concord and observed the British from the other side of the North bridge, as the Americans waited more and more militiamen gathered making their forces stronger and stronger. At the end of the battle in Concord there were 174 men were wounded and they lost 73 men while 41 Americans were wounded and 49 were killed.

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Paul revere a hero of the American Revolutionary War, Paul Revere is famous for his "midnight ride" of April 18th, 1775, when he sounded the alarm that British forces were moving against American colonists.

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The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonist and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printer paper they used. Ship’s paper, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and even playing cards were taxed. The Stamp Act opponent, Patrick Henry, gave a little speech and said, “Give me liberty or give me death!”

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King George ||| was born on June 4, 1738. His full name was George William Frederick.  He married a princess called,  Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. On his last decade of his life he was blind.  He died on January 29, 1820.

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Alexander Hamilton became George Washington's assistant in 1777 then he had became the Treasury Secretary. Hamilton had wrote 51 essays defending the New United States Constitution in a span of 6 months with John Jay and James Madison. Alexander had made the decision to vote Thomas Jefferson over Aaron Burr only because Jefferson had beliefs and Burr didn't. Alexander Hamilton refused to shoot his best friend so he shot at the sky right before the bullet hit him and his wife and sister in law were right by him when he died. Alexander Hamilton was never an important part in history as average people would say but thanks to Lin Manuel Miranda ever since he made the musical Hamilton we now know how important he was in history.

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Benedict was born in Norwich, Connecticut on January 14, 1741.

At age 16 he enlisted in the militia and traveled to upstate New York to fight the French.

He was a general during the American Revolutionary War.  He joined the growing army outside Boston and distinguished himself through acts of intelligence and bravery. His actions included the Capture Of Fort Ticonderoga in 1775.  He left the Americans to fight for the British because he wasn't  getting paid as much as he wanted.

Benedict Arnold was a general for the Americans and the British.  He married Margaret Mansfield through 1767 to 1775 and Peggy Shippen through 1779 to 1801. He died June 14, 1801 in London. This is Benedict Arnold's signature.

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The Boston Massacre occurred on March 5, 1770. A squad of British soldiers, come to support a sentry who was being pressed by a heckling, snowballing crowd, let loose a volley of shots. Three persons were killed immediately and two died later of their wounds; among the victims was Crispus Attucks, a man of black or Indian parentage. The British officer in charge, Capt. Thomas Preston, was arrested for manslaughter, along with eight of his men; all were later acquitted