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American Revolution
people
term | definition |
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George Washington | A commander of a army |
Paul Revere | Rode on horseback to warn colonist that the British are coming |
Patrick Henry | Known for his give me Liberty or give Death |
King George lll | British king |
Thomas Jefferson | Author of the Declaration of Independence |
Samuel Adams | Founder of the Sons of Liberty |
Abigail Adams | Wife of John Adams |
Phillis Wheatley | Former slave who wrote poems |
Boston tea Party | Where sons of liberty dumped tons of tea into boston harbor |
Boston Massacre | Redcoats shooting colonist after they were taunting Redcoats |
French and Indian war | French and Britain fighting over land in America |
Stamp Act | Where colonist had to pay taxes for anything paper |
Crispus Attucts | An colonist who was the first to be shot in the Boston Massacre |
Benjamin Franklin | An inventor and scientist |
Quartering act | British soliders making people who live in a house to be there servint |