THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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Crispus Attucks-1st man to die in the Revolution.
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John Adams-lawyer for the British soldiers that killed colonists in the Boston Massacre.
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Sam Adams-leader of the Sons of Liberty, organized the Boston Tea Party.
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George Washington-attended the 1st Continental Congress with John Adams, John Jay, and Patrick Henry
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Detailed explanation-1: -The First Continental Congress included Patrick Henry, George Washington, John and Samuel Adams, John Jay, and John Dickinson. Meeting in secret session, the body rejected a plan for reconciling British authority with colonial freedom.
Detailed explanation-2: -The First Continental Congress convened in Carpenters’ Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, between September 5 and October 26, 1774. Delegates from twelve of Britain’s thirteen American colonies met to discuss America’s future under growing British aggression.
Detailed explanation-3: -Washington had been managing his family’s plantation and serving in the Virginia House of Burgesses when the second Continental Congress unanimously voted to have him lead the revolutionary army.
Detailed explanation-4: -The First Continental Congress After much discussion, the Congress issued a Declaration of Rights, affirming its loyalty to the British Crown but disputing the British Parliament’s right to tax it without representation in the parliament.