Interesting Facts About the American Revolution
- There were two Boston Tea Parties.
- The first submarine attack was placed in New York's Harbor in 1776
- Benjamin Franklin was the one in charge of writing the declaration of Independence.
- John Adams defended the British Soldiers after the Boston Massacre.
- 1/7 people in Washington's Army were Black.
- Washington was the best spymaster in the American History
- Women also participated in the Continental Army
- In 1779 more Americans were fighting with British than with Washington
- King George almost leave the crown after the British Army's lost.
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