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-Migrated to America with Benjamin Franklin's help.

-Wrote a famous pamphlet called "Common Sense."

-He was the first Englishman to call for American independence.

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-Congress sent Franklin to France to enlist the nation's help with the Revolutionary War.

-One of America's founding Fathers.

-Benjamin Franklin is one of the most famous characters of the Revolutionary War. Although, he was in France for a good period of the  war.

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-Wrote the Declaration of Independence along with the John Adams.

-Jefferson was very reluctant to write the Declaration because of its severity. Jefferson knew that if the colonists failed, he would die a traitor's death.

-He was one of the youngest delegates of the 2nd Continental Congress.

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-King George III introduced many tax plans the American Colonies did not like such as The Stamp Act.

-King George III was very disconnected from the colonies and his actions rubbed colonists the wrong way.

-King George III's decision making leading to mistrust in the colonies was his downfall. Great Britain would be defeated by the Colonies in the revolutionary War.

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-He helped draft the Declaration of Independence with Thomas Jefferson.

-Adams was one of the biggest supporters for American Independence.

-He served on the Continental Congress.

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-He is famous for the story of Paul Revere riding horseback through the night warning the colonists, "The British are coming!"

-Although this is what he is famous for, Revere's legendary ride is very exaggerated and overstated.

-Paul Revere was an extreme patriot and always wanted to break away from the British.

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-Served in the Continental Congress and was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence.

-He was the President of the Second Continental Congress from 1775-1777.

-One of the founding Fathers of the United States.

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-Washington was reluctant to accept the role as General of The Continental Army because of how unskilled the soldiers were.

-It wasn't until the Battle of Saratoga until General Washington felt the Colonies would win the war.

-Originally the colonists were worried about Washington becoming the United States' general because Washington used to be a British Officer.

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-He was a British General during the Revolutionary War and he was later held on house arrest for two years after the war.

-His army was finally defeated in 1781, during the battle of Yorktown.

-General Cornwallis was so ashamed and shocked by his defeat he sent out his second in command to accept defeat.

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-This was the final battle of the Revolutionary War and it gave the Americans victory.

-The French naval forces came to reinforce the Continental Army which was the biggest reason the British were defeated in the Siege of Yorktown.

-General George Washington defeated General Cornwallis during the Battle of Yorktown.

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-The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the war. It took place during September and October of 1777.

-This was the first time the Americans used guerrilla warfare.

-After this battle, the Morale of the Continental army was given a massive boost.

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-The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.

-This battle brought the famous headline- "The Shot Heard Around The World."

-It is not clear if either the Americans or the British fired first.

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- A group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board British ships and threw all of the ship's tea and belongings overboard.

-The colonists did not dress as Indians to hide themselves. They did it as a jab at the French and Indian War started by the British.

-The Boston Tea Party was a revolt against the Tea Act imposed by King George III.

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-The Boston Massacre was very exaggerated by Colonist's papers in order to cause the  colonial public to support the Patriot cause.

-In reality, the colonists were throwing rocks and yelling at British soldiers. When one of the Colonists came to attack the British soldier, he had no choice but to fire.

-In fact, the Head British Officer ordered the soldiers not to fire, before the Massacre took place.

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-Britain was already in debt, so to fund The French and Indian War, they taxed the colonies. This lays the foundation for tension between Britain the 13 Colonies.

-The British forced the American colonists to fight the french which upset the colonists. They did not want to be apart of a war that was no theirs.

-After the British won the war, at the peace conference in 1763, the peace treaty strengthened the American colonies by removing their European rivals to the north and south which opened the opportunity for westward expansion.

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-The Sugar Act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain on the American colonies in order to raise revenue.

-All of the taxes forced onto the colonies were because of debt Great Britain were in.

-The debt of Great Britain was by their own doing, not the colonists.

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-This act led to the famous protest against British Parliament- The Boston Tea Party.

-Along with the Stamp Act, the Tea Act was one of many Laws Great Britain imposed that the Colonies did not support.

-The tension between Great Britain and the Colonies were at an all-time high during this period. The revolution was soon to come.

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-The Stamp Act was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.

-The Stamp Act was not popular among the colonists.

-The Colonists felt the British had no right to tax them.

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-Ended the Revolutionary War, officially giving independence to the Colonies.

- It was signed in Paris by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay.

-King George was so annoyed by the British defeat he did not show to The Treaty of Paris.

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-One of the biggest acts of treason EVER!

-This document, written by Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, declared independence from Great Britain.

-There were two copies of the Declaration. One was sent to King George III and it hasn't been recovered.

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-This meeting occurred after the Battle of Lexington and Concord.

-This meeting was very different than the first. All delegates wanted to respond. They were angry.

-The Continental Army was formed and General George Washington would lead it.

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-On September 5, 1774, delegates from each of the 13 colonies except for Georgia  met to discuss Great Britain.

-All delegates agreed something had to be done about Great Britain.

-Everyone agreed to meet again in a year if King George III does nothing to change things in the economy.

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-Its purpose was to maintain good relations between the British and the Natives.

-The Proclamation banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains to appease Native Americans.

-The Proclamation of 1763 came right after the Seven Years War.