American Revolutionary leader and patriot,

Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence;

signed the Declaration of Independence

in response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774,

1. Port of Boston closed,

2. reduced power of assemblies in colonies,

3. permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere,

4. provided for quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses (troops live with families)

Early government which:

1. organized the continental Army,

2. called on the colonies to send troops,

3. selected George Washington to lead the army,

4. appointed the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence

powerful pamphlet telling the colonists:

1. to break free.

2. British were trying to destroy colonies' natural rights.

3. Government is there to protect life liberty and property.

4. Power came from people, not kings.

5. Colonies don't benefit from British Empire.

Man who was:

1. Founding Father

2. Author of the Declaration of Independence

3. 3rd President of the United States

the document:

1. Explaining that people have natural rights

2. Listing grievances (wrongs) the King of England has done to the colonists

3. Explaining how the colonies have tried to avoid war

4. Declaring freedom from England

On Christmas night, 1776, Washington led 2,400 men across the Delaware River to attack the drunken Hessians who were sleeping.

The Americans killed 30 of the enemy and took 918 captives and 6 Hessian cannons.

This document:

1. ended the Revolutionary War,

2. recognized the independence of the American colonies,

3. granted the colonies the territory from the southern border of Canada to the northern border of Florida, and from the Atlantic coast to the Mississippi River