The United States Declaration of Independence is a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain were now independent states, and thus no longer a part of the British Empire. Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration is a formal explanation of why Congress had voted on July 2 to declare independence from Great Britain, more than a year after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War.

The Declaration justified the independence of the United States by listing colonial grievances against King George III, and by asserting certain natural rights, including a right of revolution. Having served its original purpose in announcing independence, the text of the Declaration was initially ignored after the American Revolution.

Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry was an orator and politician who led the movement for independence in Virginia in the 1770s.

 A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia from 1776 to 1779, Henry was born in Studley, Hanover County, Virginia on May 29, 1736.  His father was John Henry, an immigrant from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who had attended King's College, Aberdeen before immigrating to the Colony of Virginia in the 1720s. Settling in Hanover County, about 1732 John Henry married Sarah Winston Syme, a wealthy widow from a prominent Hanover County family of English ancestry. Patrick Henry was once thought to have been of humble origins, but he was actually born into the middle rank of the Virginiagentry.

Abigail Adams

Wife of the second President of the United States, Abigail Adams is an example of one kind of life lived by women in colonial, While she's perhaps best known simply as an early First Lady and mother of another President, and perhaps known for the stand she took for women's rights in letters to her husband.

Educated at home, Abigail Adams learned quickly and read widely. Her marriage to John Adams was warm and loving and also intellectually lively, to judge from their letters.

They had four children before John became involved in the Continental Congress. During his long absences, Abigail managed the family and the farm and corresponded not only with her husband but with many family members and friends. During the war, she also served as the primary educator of the children, including the future sixth U.S. president, John Quincy Adams.
When John served in Europe as a diplomatic representative of the new nation, Abigail Adams joined him.

John Adams served as Vice President of the United States from 1789-1797 and then as President 1797-1801. Abigail spent some of her time at home, managing the family financial things, and part of her time in the federal capital, in Philadelphia most of those years and, very briefly, in the new White House in Washington, D.C. .
After John retired from public life at the end of his presidency, the couple lived quietly in Massachusetts.

It is mostly through her letters that has been known much about the life and personality of this intelligent and perceptive woman of colonial America and the Revolutionary and post-Revolutionary period.
Abigail Adams died in 1818, seven years before her son, John Quincy Adams, became the sixth president of the U.S.

The Daughters of Liberty

The Daughters of Liberty were a group that proved women's that involved in politics could be beneficial for the country. As the support to boycott British goods went up, "Daughters of Liberty" joined the support to oppose British importation. The Daughters of Liberty used their skills to weave yarn and wool into fabric named "homespun". They were known as patriotic heroines for their success, which made America less dependent on British Textiles. while Patriots supported the non importation movements of 1765, and 1769, the daughters of liberty continued to support American resistance. In many small towns and villages women spun wool into homemade cloth. In 1774, the patriot women helped influence a decision made by Continental Congress to boycott all British goods. The decision to boycott British goods was due in a very large part to the patriot women who were very determined to reach demands for homemade clothing. Decisions made to boycott of British goods would not have been possible if the women had not created a substitute for the imported material. The "Daughters of Liberty" were working from morning to night to prove their commitment to "the cause of liberty and industry". The daughters of liberty were one of the many groups of women who fought for woman's equality and supported the soldiers during the American Revolution.

The Continental Congress

This Congress was a convention of delegates that were called from the thirteen colonies that became the governal body from the United States of America during the American Revolution, they met in a time from 1774 through 1789 in three ocations.
They first convention took place in Philadelphia, in th Carpenters Hall from September 5 to October 26 and consisted of 56 delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies. One of the most notable delegates at this convention were George Washington, Patrick Henry, John Adams and its cousin Samuel Adams.
At the 2nd time they met again at Philadelphia a year later on May 5, 1775. in this reunion Peyton Randolph was elected as President of the Assembly.
This newly formed nation had  now to create a new goverment to replace the old fashioned British Parliament that they were trying to overthrown.

The Boston Tea Party

The Boycott worse finantial troubles of Britiah east India Company, in order to help company and encourage people to pay tax,  Parlament passed a law allowing the British Company to sell tea directly to the colonies. But the parlament didn´t understand that ther did not want to pay taxes because they did not have a representation.
If the company sold to the colonies then this will affect the smuggle tea sellers.
On December of 1773 the Boston Patriots took matters into their own hands, dressed up like Indians and board 3 British Ships that landed with British Tea, and dumped the Tea ubto the Harbor, these was called The Boston Tea Party.

Tarring and Feather

Tarring and Feathering is a physical punishment, used to enforced unofficial justice. It was used in feudal Europe and in the colonies. In a typical attack, the subject of a crowds anger would be stripped to his waist.
the first incident recorded in America was in 1766 when Captain William Smith was tarred and feathered and later thrown into the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia by a mob that included the Town Major! The torture later appeared in Salem, Massachusetts when a mob attack low level employees of the costume services.

This acts were lated associated with the Patriots by the side of the American Revolution. There is no case  of a death by a person who has been Tarred and Feathered in this revolution Period.

John Adams

John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801.  he was deeply read and represented Enlightment values promoting republicanism. A conservative Federalist, he was one of the most influential founding fathers of the United States!

 As a delegate from Massachussetts to the Continental Congress, he played a leading role in persuading Congress to declare independence, and assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independance in 1776. As a representative of Congress in Europe, he was a major negotiator of the eventual peace traty with Great Britain. A political theorist and historian, Adams largely wrote the Massachusetts state constitution in 1780. One of his greatest roles was as a judge of character: in 1775, he nominated George Washington to be commander in chief.

Adams' revolutionary credentials secured him two terms as Washington's vice president and his own election in 1796 as the second president. During his one term, he made many attacks. Adams signed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts, and built up the army and navy especially in the face of an undeclared naval war. The major accomplishment of his presidency was his peaceful resolution of the conflict in the face of Hamilton's opposition.

In 1800 Adams was defeated for reelection by Thomas Jefferson and retired to Massachusetts. He later resumed his friendship with Jefferson. He and his wife, Abigail Adams, founded an accomplished family line of politicians, diplomats, and historians now referred to as the Adams political Family. Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams, the 6 President of the United States.