George Washington - Great general during the revolution and the first president., Ben Franklin - Helped write the Declaration of Independence and convinced France to help the colonists win the war., Thomas Jefferson  - Wrote the Declaration of Independence and became the third president., Paul Revere  - Rode at midnight to warn the colonists that the British soldiers were coming to steal their weapons., John Hancock  - Was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence., John Adams  - The first vice president and the second president of the United States of America., Lexington and Concord  - Battle started the American Revolution with the “shot heard round the world”., Battle of Saratoga  - Battle proved to other countries that the colonists had a chance to win. The French send ships and soldiers to help them. , Battle of Yorktown  - This was the last great battle of the war. The British Army surrendered., Sugar Act  - The first of many tax laws to come that denied the rights of the colonists. Taxes were placed on sugar, molasses, and other items., Quartering Act  - In 1764, Parliament passed an act where colonists were forced to accommodate and feed British troops., Stamp Act  - Taxes were placed on all press and printed items. When colonists purchased newspapers, stamps, other parchment, and other paper products, they had to pay taxes., Boston Massacre  - British soldiers were sent to Boston to control the colonists. Shots were fired, but it was unsure which side shot first. It led to five colonists being killed by British soldiers., Boston Tea Party - In response to the Tea Act, colonists dumped England’s tea into the Boston Harbor., First Continental Congress  - This group of people met from September 5th to October 26th, 1774 to petition King George III to stop the Intolerable Acts., Declaration of Independence  - Document that started the revolution that listed rights and all the wrongs that the British had done to the colonists so that everyone would know how they were treated. ,

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