TWO ARMIES FOUGHT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE RED COATS AND THE REBELS

HELD IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS IN 1773. PATRIOTS DUMPED THREE SHIPLOADS OF TEA INTO THE BOSTON HARBOR.

THEY WERE DE, NJ, GA, CT, MA, MD, SC, NH, VA, NY, NC, AND RI

DECLARED THAT THE THIRTEEN AMERICAN COLONIES WERE FREE FROM GREAT BRITAIN!

FOUGHT IN THE FRENCH & INDIAN AND REVOLUTIONARY WARS. LEADING VOICE OF VERMONT BECOMING A STATE.

BRITISH SPENT £80M (£250M NATIONAL DEBT). US SPENT $151M. US PAID ITS DEBT IN THE 1790S.

HE WAS ONE OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS AND OUR FIRST PRESIDENT.

ON APRIL 20, 1775 THE PATRIOTS LOST. "DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THEIR EYES" WAS SAID IN THIS BATTLE.

THOMAS PAINE PUBLISHED PAMPHLET 'COMMON SENSE' IN 1776. THIS HELPED ARGUE FOR INDEPENDENCE FROM BRITAIN

HE AND HIS BROTHER WERE FOUNDING FATHERS. HE ALSO SERVED AS VP UNDER WASHINGTON AND WAS OUR SECOND PRESIDENT

MOST AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY CASUALTIES WERE DUE TO DISEASES (SCURVY).

THESE BATTLES WERE KNOWN AS"THE SHOTS HEARD ROUND THE WORLD".

OCCURRED ON MARCH 5TH, 1770. ALSO CALLED THE BLOODY MASSACRE OR THE INCIDENT ON KING ST.

OPPOSED THE US. , ONLY 1,500 FOUGHT WITH THE US VS 13,000 FOUGHT FOR BRITAIN.

THIS POLITICAL CARTOON WAS PUBLISHED BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN IN 1754 TO UNITE THE COLONIES.

BRITISH GENERAL HOWE CAPTURED PHILADELPHIA IN SEPT 1777 DESPITE WASHINGTON'S FIGHT

AMERICANS WERE REQUIRED TO FEED AND SHELTER BRITISH SOLDIERS.

RED COATS AND REBELS, IN CHURCHES AND MEADOWS, THE BATTLE RAGES ON, LIKE WILDFIRE

THEY FOUGHT FOR BOTH SIDES (5,000 FOR US VS 20,000 FOR BRITAIN). AFTER 1776, SLAVES WERE PROMISED FREEDOM FOR SERVING.

TAXES WERE PUT ON THE COLONIES TO HELP PAY FOR THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR.

DOCUMENT THAT STATES HOW OUR GOVERNMENT RULES. IT RESEMBLES THE VIRGINIA PLAN BY JAMES MADISON.

LOCATED 32 KMS FROM PHILADELPHIA. WASHINGTON'S TROOPS RETREATED FOR 6 MOS. 2500 OF 10000 SOLDIERS DIED.

THE AMERICAN WAR WAS INTERNATIONALLY KNOWN. FRANCE SIGNED THE "TREATY OF ALLIANCE" WITH THE US IN FEB 1778.

NICKNAMED DUE TO HIS IRREGULAR METHODS OF "GUERRILLA WARFARE".

BRITISH CORNWALLIS WAS TRAPPED IN YORKTOWN. HE SURRENDERED TO THE 2ND IN COMMAND OF WASHINGTON'S ARMY.

THE BOSTON TEA PARTIES WERE ZEALOUS BELIEVERS IN "NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"