The American Revolution (mar 22, 1765 – sep 3, 1783)

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The American Revolution was principally caused by colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make them repay the crown for its defense of them during the French and Indian War
The Continental Army was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the former thirteen British colonies that later became the United States of America.

American freedom fighters
Militias (Minutemen) were groups of civilian colonists who independently organized to form well-prepared militia companies self-trained in weaponry, tactics, and military strategies during the American Revolutionary War. They were also known for being ready at a minute's notice, hence the name.

Guerrilla warfare
It is a form of irregular warfare in which small groups of combatants, such as paramilitary personnel, armed civilians, or irregulars, use military tactics including ambushes, sabotage, raids, petty warfare, hit-and-run tactics, and mobility, to fight a larger and less-mobile traditional military. Guerrilla warfare was used during the American Revolution and it had a significant impact.

Founding fathers
The “Founding Fathers” refers to that generation of men who were active in the American Revolution and the formation of the early American Republic and the Constitution. They were responsible for the successful war for colonial independence from Great Britain. 12 of them were: John Adams, John Dickinson, William Findley, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Henry Lee, James Madison, Thomas Paine, George Washington, James Wilson

Treaty of Paris 1783
The significance of the Peace Treaty of Paris 1783 was that: The American Revolutionary War was formally ended. The British acknowledged the independence of the United States and ceded most of its territory east of the Mississippi River to the United States, doubling the size of the new nation and paving the way for westward expansion. The colonial empire of Great Britain was destroyed in North America.

Benjamin Franklin’s aphorisms
An aphorism is an observation about a particular something that holds a more general truth. For instance,"If it isn't broken, don't fix it."
Benjamin Franklin used aphorisms to get his points across - whether it was in the pursuit of better relations with neighbours, personal health, work ethics, politics or others.

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