A- John Adams- Massachusetts lawyer and politician, John Adams was the one who defended the British shooters in the Boston Massacre. He went on to attend the meeting of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774. Adams and the rest of the Congress wanted there to be an end to the intolerable acts that were imposed on the colonies by the English, and they wanted to have their own government, rather than the English governing them . This led to the start of the Revolutionary War. John Adams was one of the delegates from Massachusetts to sign the Declaration of Independence.B- Great Britain- The English attempted to create colonies in the Americas, governed these colonies, and taxed them to the point of treating them unfairly. They restricted the colonies' trade and business and attacked them periodically. The Americans had enough of the British, so they rebelled against them. The English were the main enemy of the American Revolution.C- George Rogers Clark- George Rogers Clark, born November 19, 1752 in Virginia, was a military leader and scout for the American side in the Revolutionary War. He was originally a surveyor, so that's how he knew the territory and geography of the battle he was fighting in. He took approximately 170 men across a 200-mile journey to attack Fort Sackville. This was a tortuous journey, but in the end everyone survived the journey. When they arrived at the fort, he tricked Henry Hamilton into leaving and surrendering to Clark. The trick: they only had 170 men, but Hamilton made it seem like he had an entire army. Clark died in Louisville, Kentucky on February 23, 1818.D- Declaration of Independence- Written by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Independence is why we celebrate our independence......center of card... ...riving and driving back the British fleet, Cornwallis was surrounded on all sides. He surrendered, ending the war and subsequently leading to the Treaty of Paris.Z- John Peter Zenger- John Peter Zenger was the one who established the idea of freedom of speech and the press. The United States Constitution states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or restrict freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. because of Zenger. Zenger was arrested for defamation, that is, for something that goes against the government. Although he did not write the article, he was accused of having printed and published it. After being in prison for a year, he was finally acquitted (found not guilty) and released.
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