Important People of history
He was the general of the continental army
General George Washington
It provided for a strongly enforced tax on sugar, molasses, and other products imported into the American colonies from non-British Caribbean sources
Suger Act
Lasted 15 min
Battle of Fort Dearborn
Thomas Jefferson's
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
February 6, 1778
When was the French and American alliance sighned.
He wrote common sense and inspired the British to keep fighting
Thomas Pain
taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards
Stamp Act
Massachusetts colonists defied British authority, outnumbered and outfought the Redcoats, and embarked on a lengthy war to earn their independence
Battle of Lexington and Concord
August 2, 1776
When was the Declaration of Independence sighted
Benjamin Franklin and the other two commissioners, Arthur Lee and Silas Deane
Who sighned the French and American alliance
He was a lawyer, the principal authority of the Declaration of Independents, and one of the founding father
John Adams
a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed and this led to a campaign by speech-writers to rouse the ire of the citizenry.
Boston Masscare
bloody fighting took place throughout a hilly landscape of fenced pastures that were situated across the Charles River from Boston
Battle on Bunker Hill
God made all men equal and gave them the rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What’s where the 3 major things states in the Declaration of Independence?
After readying their fleet and being impressed by the U.S. victory at the Battle of Saratoga in October 1777, the French on February 6, 1778, concluded treaties of commerce and alliance that bound them to fight Britain until independence of the United States was assured.
Why did the french agree to the treaty?
delegate who introduced a resolution calling for independence to the Second Continental Congress
Richard Henry Lee
the British shut down Boston Harbor until all of the 340 chests of British East India Company tea were paid for
Boston Tea Party
The American defeat of the superior British army lifted patriot morale, furthered the hope for independence, and helped to secure the foreign support needed to win the war.
Battle of Seratoga
Richard Henry Lee
Who’s idea was it to start a Decloration of Independents
American naval commander who won a key battle against the British
John Paul Jones
when we stated the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based
Declaration of Independents
On the night of Christmas, December 25, 1776, Washington implemented at audacious plan that would improve the fortunes of the American forces. The general daringly led his men across the icy Delaware River and on a ten-mile march into Trenton, New Jersey, where they surprised a garrison of 1,500 Hessians.
Battle of Trenton
inside the Pennsylvania State House
Where was the Decloration of independence sighned