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R ICHARD MONTGOMERY Richard Montgomery was born in County Donegal, Ireland on December 2, 1738.He was gifted student but sadly he couldn't complete his degree. His father, Thomas Montgomery, had encouraged Richard to have a military career. Richard listened to his father as an ensign in the 17th Regiment of Foot on September 21, 1756.He later prepared to take part in The French and Indian War. When the American Revolutionary war came, he took up as patriot cause. In 1755, he was commissioned as a brigadier general in the continental army. Unfortunately, in that same year, he led an attack towards Canada and was killed during the battle.

S ONS OF LIBERTY The Sons of Liberty were a bunch of Patriots in a group who were dedicated to have independence. They meet in secret because they didn't want the British to find out about them and their plans.The Sons of Liberty created a motion to boycott all the things that had taxes on them.Even though they did this,parliament still pushed these items.

T REATY OF PARIS

The Treaty of Paris was a document that was signed between Great Britain and The United States of America.This document was to declare independence between them two. after the colonist declared victory in the Battle of Yorktown, peace talk began in the year of 1782 in April. They involved Richard Oswarld representing Great Britain and Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams. Which were the American Peace Commissioners. The Treaty of Paris formally ended the American Revolutionary war. On September 3, 1783, The Treaty Of Paris Was Officially Signed.

U NITED STATES OF CONSTITUTION The constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. This is the organization of the United States government and all the people within the U.S. The constitution creates three branches of the national government. The legislature, the bicameral congress and a judicial branch headed by the Supreme court.The constitution was adopted on September 17, 1787 by the constitutional convention in Philadelphia.It is known as the oldest written constitution that is still used today in the world. V IRGINIA DECLARATION OF RIGHTS The Virginia Declaration of rights is a document inducted in 1776 by the Virginia Convection of delegates on June 12. This document was to declare the rights of men. This included to rebel against any law a government makes. It was inducted by George mason thru May 20-26 of the year 1776.it consist of 16 articles that are mainly about of which rights the people Virginia are to be part of as the basis and foundation of government. W ILLIAM FRANKLIN William Franklin was born in 1731 in Philadelphia. William was son of famous inventor and politician Benjamin Franklin. William would travel with his father and attended school in England. He became royal governor of New Jersey. When the American Revolution began, he became a loyalist, meaning he was loyal to England. While Benjamin was with America and William with England, they found themselves on opposite sides of battles during the war. This destroyed their close relationship. Benjamin tried to convince him to switch sides but William didn’t listen. Sadly,William died in 1813

TA X ATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

Taxation without representation was an event in 1764. This event began when King George III and the parliament began to put taxes on items to pay off the debt caused by the French and Indian war. People like James Otis, once said “why should colonist pay taxes to England when they had no representation in the English parliament?” matters got worse. The colonist refused to pay taxes. When king George III heard of this, he made British customs go to Boston to make sure colonist were paying. THE BATTLE OF Y﻿ ORKTOWN The Battle of Yorktown occurred in 1781 through the months of September 30 to October 19. The war started when General La Fayette informed George Washington that the British had taken position in Yorktown, Virginia, next to the York River.They moved more to Yorktown.French Admiral Francois De Grasse sent confirmation that he would help the Americans. British later had evidence that the Americans and French were marching their way. On September 28, the Americans and French arrived at Yorktown and ready for battle. After a month or so of battle, on October 19, they British finally surrendered. The Battle of Yorktown was the last battle of the American Revolution. Z ﻿EALOUS MINUTEMAN Zealous Minutemen were a group of men that when they were called to go fight, they would be armed and ready. Minutemen were usually used during war. For example,during the American Revolution, George Washington used minutemen to fight the British. Over 12,000 minutemen would be called out for battle. Minutemen were well trained to be battles when called.