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http://www.facts-about.org.uk/american-president-george-washington.htm. Watch this video about President George Washington providing interesting, fun facts and info about the life biography of George Washington, the first President of America. Gain a fast overview of his life! Short biography with key dates containing his bio, information & trivia about his career, family, illnesses, major achievements and accomplishments.

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The Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83). Tensions had been building for many years between residents of the 13 American colonies and the British authorities, particularly in Massachusetts.
The colonists did not show great marksmanship that day. Nevertheless, they proved they could stand up to one of the most powerful armies in the world. News of the battle quickly spread, reaching London on May 28. By the following summer, a full-scale war of independence had broken out.
Many more battles followed, and in 1783 the colonists formally won their independence.

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-Signed September 3 1783
-Signed by both British and American representatives
-Supposed to draw boundaries between Great Britain and Unites States
-Marked the end of the American revolutionary war.
-Signed in the "Hotel d'York" in Paris
-The US turned down a deal with France and Spain because they could get a better one directly with Britain.

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-Thomas Paine was born in 1737 in Thetford England, his dad was a corseter.
-By the age of 12 he failed school and began apprenticing for his dad, but again he failed He found himself as a tax officer in England in 1768.
-In 1774 he met Benjamin Franklin in London who helped him emigrate to Philadelphia
-While in Philadelphia, he went into journalism and published "Common sense", defending American independence from England.
-During the war of Independence, he joined the continental Army and produced
"The American Crisis" (1776-83), which help inspire the Army.
-He returned to Europe and in 1791-92 he wrote "The rights of Man" which defended the French revolution. He was seen as an outlaw in England but failed to be arrested since he was already on his way to France.
-He was arrested in France for not endorsing the execution of Louis XVI, while imprisoned he wrote "The Age of Reason"  it was because of this book that people accused him of being an atheist, since he was praising the Age of Enlightenment.
-He returned to the US in 1802 after an invitation by Thomas Jefferson.He discovered that his contribution to the American Revolution had been forgotten because of his religious views
-He died in !809 in New York City

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-         They were volunteers: The British Army was not allowed to force men into service by conscription or impressment.

-         They were career soldiers: Soldiers in the army when the war began had enlisted as a life-long career, to be discharged when no longer fit for service.

-         They enlisted as adults: Enlistment was based on fitness rather than a specific age, but most recruiting instructions called for men between 17 and 25 years old.

-         They were generally experienced: 5 to 15 years of experience was typical in British regiments

-         They received pensions: The army was one of few careers that provided a pension when a man could no longer serve

-         Wives and children accompanied them

-         Most men didn’t get lashed Corporal punishment, particularly by lashing, was the standard method of enforcing discipline but was used only after a trial.

-         Most men could read or write

-         They were tactically dominant on the battlefield

-         They wore red coats

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The British Parliament wanted to get revenge on the americans for ruining their 342 boxes of tea in The Boston Tea Party, so they passed on a few Acts such as The Boston Port Act, where the Boston Harbor was closed to trade until the owners of the tea were compensated, Only food and firewood were allowed in. Town meetings were banned, and the authority of the royal governor was increased. Another one of these Acts was the Quebec Act, a law that recognize the roman catholic churches as the established church in Quebec. This made the american colonist mad because the tolerance of Catholics was viewed as a hostile act towards America, since it was predominantly Protestant. The colonist though that if this could happen to Massachusetts it could happen anywhere, so an intercolonial conference was called, the First Continental Congress was assembled.

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-         Two battles of Saratoga , one was September 19 and the other one October 7

-         The leader of the British army was General John Burgoyne also known as the Gentleman Johnny for his manners.

-         He designed an invasion scheme and commanded a force that moved south from Canada to split away New England and end the rebellion

-         The leader of the Americans was Major General Horatio Gates

-         Other leaders for the Americans were Generals Benedict Arnold Benjamin  Lincoln , Colonel Daniel Morgan and General Enoch poor

-         Burgoyne planned to lead his army from Lake Champlain to Albany, New York

-         He and His army recaptured Fort Ticonderoga

-         The Battle of Bennington: The Americans continued to attack the British army as they moved south. Victory for the Americans

-         First Saratoga: Battle of Freeman’s Farm: Colonel Daniel Morgan led 500 specially selected riflemen who took out many British soldiers before the attack even started. The British suffered twice as many casualties as the Americans.

-         Second Saratoga: Battle of Bemis Heights:The attack on Bemis Heights failed miserably. The British army suffered 600 more casualties at the second battle of Saratoga. On October 17, General Burgoyne surrendered.

-         Burgoyne surrendered his entire army. He surrendered a total of 5,752 men, 42 cannons, 7,000 muskets and all his supplies.

-         General Gates invited General Burgoyne to dine with him.

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In 1781 George Washington comending a force of 17.000 french and continental troups, begins the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Chales Cornwallis and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown, then in Virginia, in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.

And just by the time Cornwallis uses Yorktown as his base ,washington with the help of a department of french soldiers. He ordered Marquis de Lafayette and an American army of 5,000 troops to block Cornwallis’ escape from Yorktown by land while the French naval fleet blocked the British escape by sea. In the end after having fiering with cannons ,for more than three weaks with a non-stop firering days and nights, Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in the field at Yorktown on October 17, 1781, effectively ending the War for Independence.

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The Continental Army was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American revolutionary war by the colonies that became the United States of America. Established by a resolution of the Congress on June 14, 1775, it was created to coordinate the military efforts of the Thirteenth colonies in their revolt against the rule of Great Britain. The Continental Army was supplemented by local militias and troops that remained under control of the individual states or were otherwise independent. General George Washington was the commander-in-chief of the army throughout the war.

Most of the Continental Army was disbanded in 1783 after the Treaty of Paris ended the war.

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The American Revolution (1775-83) is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain’s 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown. Skirmishes between British troops and colonial militiamen in Lexington and Concord in April 1775 kicked off the armed conflict, and by the following summer, the rebels were waging a full-scale war for their independence. France entered the American Revolution on the side of the colonists in 1778, turning what had essentially been a civil war into an international conflict. After French assistance helped the Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, the Americans had effectively won their independence, though fighting would not formally end until 1783.

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Battle Stack: The Battle of Bunker Hill tactics

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The battle of Bunker Hill took place in 1775. It was the first major battle of the American Revolutionary War between Britain and the American Colonies. Discover the tactics and what happened in this animated battle video!

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It takes place in June 17 ,1775 during the siege of boston during the american revolutionary war.On June 16, 1775, having learned that the British were planning to send troops from Boston to occupy the hills surrounding the city, some 1,000 colonial militiamen under Colonel William Prescott (1726-95) built earthen fortifications on top of Breed’s Hill, overlooking Boston and located on the Charlestown Peninsula. (The men originally had been ordered to construct their fortifications atop Bunker Hill but instead chose the smaller Breed’s Hill, closer to Boston.)In the end: Patriots’ gunfire had cut down some 1,000 enemy troops, with more than 200 killed and more than 800 wounded. More than 100 Americans perished, while more than 300 others were

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Born the 17th of January 1706, at Philadelphie and die in 1790.
Is role in the american revolution:
He was a statesman,an author but also a publisher a scientist an inventor.He also helped launch a lending library, hospital and college, and garnered acclaim for his experiments with electricity, among other projects. During the American Revolution, he served in the Second Continental Congress and helped draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776. He also negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War (1775-83). In 1787, in his final significant act of public service, he was a delegate to the convention that produced the U.S. Constitution.
Somme interesting facts about his life:
1)Franklin spent just two years attending Boston Latin School and a private academy before joining the family candle and soap making business.
2)Among Franklin’s more unusual inventions is his “glass armonica,” an instrument designed to replicate the otherworldly sound that a wet finger makes when rubbed along the rim of a glass. Franklin designed a musical instrument used by Mozart and Beethoven.
3)Franklin created a phonetic alphabet.C, J, Q, W, X and Y and added six new letters, each designed to represent its own specific vocal sound.
4) william one of his son whas a brittish royalist

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G.Washington was the first president of the United States, from 1789 to 1797.
He served in the american army, as Commander in Chef uring the American revolutionary war, and was a senior officier during the first stages of the French and Indian wars
George Washington is known for his strong leadership and popularity, he has been elected president unanimously, and has been given the nickname of "father of the country".
Following his election as president in 1789, he worked to unify colonies in the implemented an effective tax system, and created a national bank. In avoiding war with Great Britain, he guaranteed a decade of peace

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-Passed the 22 March 1765 by the British Parliament.
-It's a tax that was imposed on the American colonists and that forced them to pay extra fees on every printed papers they used ( documents, newspapers, licenses, etc...)
-The money made with the stamp act was used to help protect the American frontier and Troops stationed there.
- This act was very unpopular amongst colonists, who tought that America could protect themselves against Indians and that troops used for other matters should be payed by Britain.
-They also tought this violated their right of not being taxed against their consent.

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- Thomas Jefferson was born in Virginia on April 13, 1743
- He became the third president of the USA at age 57
-  Thomas Jefferson was a skilled writer and he could speak five different languages fluently aside from English ( Spanish, French, Italian, Greek and Latin.)
- Him and John Adams were the only two founding Fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence and later went on to become President
- His portrait has been printed on the two dollar bill since 1862
- Thomas Jefferson's wife and first lady is Martha Wayles Skelton . They had six children but only two survived to adulthood. Martha died after eleven years of marriage but Jefferson never remarried
- A sculpture of Thomas Jefferson's head, measuring 18 m is carved into the granite of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
- He died on the same day and within a few hours of John Adams on the 4th July, 1826. He died in Monticello, Virginia

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Thomas Jefferson Song | History Songs for Kids

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After the Seven year war, the british were in debt, so they decided to tax the American colonies. In 1767 the british parliament passed the Townshend Act which made it possible to tax objects that are imported into these colonies, but the colonies only accepted taxing for tea and nothing else. The british parliament then implemented the Tea Acts, which made it possible to import tea from India to the US colonies. If the could sell tea to the US colonies, they could implicitly tax the importation.But the colonies saw through it and decided to not take the imported tea.In 1773 a group of american colonists dressed as native americans boarded three ships, who were importing the tea and threw the tea overboard into the Boston Habor.

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French and Indian war (aka The Seven Year War)(1754-1763)

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French and Indian war (aka The Seven Year War)(1754-1763)

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The war was fought by the British and their colonies against the French and their colonies. It began with a dispute over control of a territory in the upper Ohio River valley, since the British and French territories were not well defined. The french built forts to try and strengthen their claim on the land. In 1754, British colonial forces , led by tLieutenant Colonel George Washington attempted to expel the French forces, but were outnumbered and defeated. It was followed by the unsuccessful capture of Fort Duquesne by the British forces led by General Edward Braddock in 1755, Braddock was killed.
However in 1757, the tides began to turn in favor of Great Britain, they defeated french forces in India and in 1759 they conquered Canada.
The war ended with the treaty of Paris in 1763 and Britain was victorious.
Under the treaty of paris, Britain got Canada and Florida from France and Spain

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The United States Constitution is the foundation of America’s national government and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. This document was signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, led by George Washington. It also explained the rough organization of the three branches (legislative, executive, judicial), how they would interact with the states and how the document could be amended. The Constitution consists of three parts:
- The Preamble tells the purpose of the document and Government.
- The Articles set up how the Government is organized and how the Constitution can be changed.
- The Amendments are changes to the Constitution. Since 1787, changes have been made to the United States 27 times by amendments. The first ten amendments are called the Bill of Rights.

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The Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from each of the thirteen American colonies except for Georgia. These delegates served as the government during the Revolutionary War.

The First Continental Congress took place from September 5 to October 26, 1774. Delegates from the thirteen colonies, except Georgia, met at Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvinia. They discussed the current situation with Great Britain including the Intolerable Acts, which the British Parliament had imposed on Boston as punishment for Boston Tea Party.

The delegates took two major actions:

Wrote a letter to King George explaining the issues the colonies had with the way they were being treated. They asked the King to stop the Intolerable Acts or they would boycott English goods. The King ignored them and they began the boycott.

Made a plan to meet again in May 1775 if the British didnt meet their demand.

Members were John Adams, Patrick Henry, and George Washington. President of this First Congress was Peyton Randolph.

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John Adams was the leader of the American Revolution and served as the second US president from 1797 to 1801. He went to Havard and began his career as a lawyer. Adams became a critic of Great Britain’s authority in colonial America. During the 1770s, he was a delegate to the Continental Congress. In the 1780s, Adams served as a diplomat in Europe and helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris in 1783, which officially ended the American Revolutionary War. From 1789 to 1797, Adams was America’s first vice president. He then served a term as the nation’s second president. He was defeated for another term by Thomas Jefferson.

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Born in Boston in 1706, Benjamin Franklin organized the United States' first lending library and volunteer fire department. His scientific pursuits included investigations into electricity, mathematics and mapmaking. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S Constitution, and negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris, which marked the end of the Revolutionary War.

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Known also as the incident on King street occurred the 5th march 1770. It's a major key point leading up to the American Revolution:
- The Boston Massacre happened on March 5, 1770 in Boston, Massachusetts.
- British soldiers who were  in Boston killed 5 men and injured 6 others after some local Boston people had been shouting and threatening them. Instead of talking to the Boston people, the British soldiers fired their guns into the crowd and instantly killed 3 men. The other 2 men died later because of their wounds.
- The five men who died in the Boston Massacre were Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, Samuel Maverick and Patrick Carr.
- All 8 soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre were arrested. 6 of them were released and 2 were charged with manslaughter.
-The British called the Boston Massacre the Incident on King Street.

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The Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress, represents the first step made officially to stop Great Britain from controlling 13 colonies. It is one of the most important legal documents in the history of the USA. The Declaration of Independence was a way for the British colonists in America to fight against Great Britain. This legal document consists of five sections. The Declaration of Independence described the principles that were the reasons for wanting independence. It said that all men are cretaed equal and they are all entitled to “life, liberty and the persuit of hapiness”. The signers of the Declaration stated that the new states  that were representatives for had the right to wage war again Great Britain, trade the way they liked and create their own laws. On July 4, 1776 the Declaration of Independence was officially accepted and approved.