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| crowd shouted insults and threw snowballs at some British soldiers. Frightened soldiers fired into the crowd, killing five people and wounding six others. | Boston Massacre |
| During the night of December 16, 1773, Bostonians disguised as Indians boarded ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor to protest the Tea Act. | Boston Tea Party |
| Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met in Philadilphia in September, 1774 to plan their response to British actions. | First Continental Congress |
| recent immigrant from England who greatly spurred the movement for independence with his pamphlet, Common Sense. In it he ridiculed the English monarchy and called upon America to sever its ties with Britain. | Thomas Paine |
| He defended the British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre, was a member of the Fiest and Second Continental Congresses, served as the nation's first vice-president and second president. | John Adams |
| Rebel ringleader in the cause of American independence and served as the President of the Second Continental Congress. He was also the first to sign the Declaration of Independence. | John Hancock |
| Appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in June, 1775. Served as first President of the United States under the federal Constitution. | George Washington |
| He drafted the Declaration of Independence. He was the nation's first Secretary of State and was elected Vice President in 1796 and President in 1800. | Thomas Jefferson |
| He was a radical leader in the cause of American independence and organized the Massachusetts Committees of Correspondence | Samuel Adams |
| Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776. All ties with Great Britain were severed. | Declaration of Independence |
| Ready for action at a moments notice | Minutemen |
| When British troops arrived here to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams they were met by local Minutemen. | Lexington |
| Leader of the Green Mountain Boys | Ethan Allen |
| Badly needed cannons and ammunition were seized at this Vermont fort by the Green Mountain Boys | Ticonderoga |
| This battle was actually fought on Breed's Hill. The Americans inflicted more casualities than they suffered and proved their courage and fighting ability but the colonials' supply of ammunition ran out, and the redcoats captured the hill. | Bunker Hill |
