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*King of Britain
*He decided to raise taxes for the Americans
*King George imposed intolerable acts which lead to the start of the Revolutionary war

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*Always was second-in-commander

*Lead our victory at Yorktown
*Drove George Washington and his army out of New York

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*He was an adamant Patriot.
*Warned John and Samuel that the British were coming
*He was a lieutenant colonel during the war.

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*Lawyer who represented soldiers who opened fire on the civilians
*Remembered for his unhesitating services
*Helped write the Declaration of independence

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*Massachuesetts House of Representative

*Delegate for the 2nd Continental Congress
* First and last signature on the Declaration of Independence

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*Wrote the Dclaration of Independence.

*Delagate of Virginia
*Elected Governor at the age of 36

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*Sent to England to spy on British

*State representative for Pennsylvania.
*was forced to throw his son into jail

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*Wrote "Common Sense"

*Drove the people to look to their own futures.
*Wrote the "American Crisis".

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*Delagate for Virginia in the second continental congress.

*General: Commander-in-chief.
*Even after the Treaty Of Paris was signed , his service to America did not end.

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*Febuary 17, 1765
*Caused by needing finances after the 7 years war.
*produced the cry " No taxation without representation!"

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*Required Americans to pay Taxes on sugar and molasses

* April 5,1765
* listed more foreign goods to be taxed including sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric

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* The Catalyst of the Boston Tea party.
*The tea was sold and shipped to America and sold at a reduced price *Final straw for the Americans to have taxes imposed on them

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* Stated that the North American people could not inhabit any further west.

*acknowledged that the Indians owned their current land.
*only a temporary measure.

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* December 16

*100 men dressed as Indians and sneaked aboard ships with armor
*this was to show they were no longer British subjects

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* September 5- October 26 of 1774
* composed of 55 delegates selected from the 13 states
*agreed to gather a year later and dicuss their greivances and see if any were solved.

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*George Washington was assigned General.
*had many men sign up for war and form the  first continental army
*discussed the plan for war

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*Congress assigned 5 people to write this document:

John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston, Thomas Jefferson, and Robert Sherman
*56 delagates signed the document
*Not every member signed it

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* September 3, 1783
*The king acknowledged the United States to be free
*Both parties promised to ratify the treaty within six months, or sooner if possible.

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*between the colonist and French

*lasted for 7 years
*led to the Stamp Act

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*March 5, 1770
*one man fired and got scared so everyone else fired.
*blamed the king for this battle

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*TURNING POINT OF WAR
*Victory for the patriots
*Fance helped out the Americans and supllied them with what they needed.

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*FINAL BATTLE
*Americans fired first
*WE WON!!!!!

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* Paul Revere's ride helped lead to this war

*First official battle of the Revolutionary War
*April 19, 1775