American Revolution

The Revolutionary war started because the British passed several laws that angered the colonists. In 1764 a law was passed which said the colonists could not print their own money. The Stamp Act was where tax stamps were to be put on 54 kinds of papers, including playing cards, news papers, wills and licenses.

Famous People
Molly Pitcher: Her real name was Molly Ludwig. She followed her husband onto the battlefield where she cooked, washed, and sewed for the men. Molly even brought cool water to them in a pitcher, so they called her Molly Pitcher. After the war she only got $40.

Nathan Hale: Nathan Hale was the first American spy hung by the British during the revolution. He volunteered to go behind the British lines and obtain information hid it in the lining on his shoe sole, and was returning to Connecticut when he was captured by the British. They found the information and he was hung on September 22, 1776.

Paul Revere: He was glorified after his death for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord, and Revere's name and his "midnight ride" are well-known in the United States as a patriotic symbol. In his lifetime, Revere was a Boston craftsman, who helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military. He later served as an officer in the Penobscot Expedition, one of the most disastrous campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, a role for which he was later exonerated. After the war, he was early to recognize the potential for large-scale manufacturing of metal.

George Washington: He was the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) and served as the first President of the United States of America (1789–1797). For his central role in the formation of the United States, he is often referred to as the father of his country.

Betsy Ross: Betsy Ross was born Elizabeth Griscom to parents Samuel and Rebecca in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on January 1, 1752, the eighth of 17 children. She "grew up in a household where the plain dress and strict discipline of the Society of Friends dominated her life." She learned to sew from her great-aunt Sarah Griscom which leads us to when she “might have” made our flag no one can prove that for sure.