Helped write the Declaration of Independence Apart of the Continental Congress First Vice President ever Second President Father of John Quincy Adams (6 th President)

 Enlisted Paul Revere to spread the alarm  Fought in Lexington & Concord  Was made a Major General before the Battle of Bunker Hill  Lead American troops at Breed’s Hill  “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”  Died in the Battle of Bunker Hill

AApart of the Continental Congress HHelped create the Articles of Confederation and Massachusetts Constitution SState Senator GGovernor of Massachusetts

 Apart of the Continental Congress  Wrote the Declaration of Independence  First Secretary of State  Second Vice President  Third President  Louisiana Purchase / Lewis & Clark

 Led opposition to the Stamp Act  “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!”  Gave many speeches inspiring people to fight for independence.  Opposed the Constitution (thought it gave the federal government too much power)

 Author, Scientist, Inventor, Politician, Post Master  Lightning Rod, Bifocals  Ambassador to France  Governor of Pennsylvania  Freed his slaves/Abolitionist

 Englishman turned Patriot 1774  Wrote Common Sense 1775  Deeply involved in both the American and French Revolution

 King of Britain from  Longest reign of any British King or Queen up to that point  His time as King was filled with War (French-Indian War, American Revolution, and the Napoleonic Wars)  Determined to never acknowledge American independence.

 Silversmith  Set up an intelligence system to keep watch of the British military in Boston  Paul Revere’s Ride  After the war he returned to a simple life as a Silversmith.

 British General  French-Indian War (Fought with George Washington)  Military Governor of Montreal  Military Governor of Boston  In charge of British forces until October 1775, replaced by General Howe

 Entered the American Revolution in 1776  Nicknamed Charlotte as a “Hornet’s Nest of Rebellion”  Lost at Yorktown, thus unofficially ending the American Revolution  Governor of India, then Ireland

 Originally from Scotland  Father of the U.S. Navy  After disagreements with U.S. command he sailed to Europe to bring the fight to the British.  Attacked British merchant ships and a few warships  “I have not yet begun to fight”