Where would America be today if it never fought for independence? Would the American dream exist? The most significant events that led to the American Revolution include: the obligatory taxes that were made payable to Great Britain, the various security values that were infringed by the English soldiers during the Boston Massacre, and finally, the ...
In the summer of 1775 the 13 colonies that would become the United States of America found itself embroiled in a war with England. The shot heard round the world had been fired at Lexington, Massachusetts, and battles had also been fought in Concord and Bunker Hill. The Declaration of Independence was still a year ...
John Jay was an American Revolutionary Patriot, statesman and lawyer from New York. He served on the First and Second Continental Congress and was appointed to become minister plenipotentiary in Spain in 1779. He helped in the negotiation of The Treaty of Paris, which was helped in the ending of the American Revolution. While on ...
John Hancock was one of the founding fathers of the United States of America. He is best known for his large signature on the Declaration of Independence, but that was hardly his biggest contribution to the founding of the nation. He was outspoken for the cause of freedom and he was at the forefront of ...
Peyton Randolph was born to a prominent family in who served the King of England from the colony of Virginia. Due to his fathers role for the king, he was educated at home by private tutors that his father hired. He graduated with honors and held a degree as a Master of Arts in Law. ...
Benedict Arnold, a Connecticut man, was a member of the Revolutionary cause from the beginning of the war. After the first battles at Lexington and Concord Arnold along with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont successfully took Fort Ticonderoga in New York, the first important victory for the rebelling colonists. After the ...