In April of 1775, the Colonists and the British broke into war. The battles took place mainly in Lexington and Concord. The battles were provoked by Thomas Gage when he gave the order to arrest John Hancock and John Adams and also to seize the arms and ammunitions that were stockpiled at Concord. The people that fought back against the British were not from any army, there were full time farmers and part time soldiers. Though they didn’t win at their first encounter, the Minute Men won the next ones with excellent battle strategies such as hiding behind trees.

Was born on February 22 of 1732 and died on December 14 of 1799.

He was the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and as the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War.

Because of his significant role in the revolution and in the formation of the United States, he is often revered by Americans as the "Father of Our Country".

The Continental Congress appointed Washington commander-in-chief of the American revolutionary forces, the following year; he forced the British out of Boston, and crossed the Delaware River in New Jersey, defeating the surprised enemy units later that year. Because of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured the two main British combat armies at Saratoga and Yorktown.

He presided over the Philadelphia Convention that drafted the United States Constitution in 1787.

Washington became President of the United States in 1789 and established many of the customs and usages of the new government's executive department. He sought to create a nation capable of surviving in a world torn asunder by war between Britain and France. 

He supported plans to build a strong central government by funding the national debt, implementing an effective tax system, and creating a national bank. Washington avoided the temptation of war and a decade of peace with Britain began with the Jay Treaty in 1795.

He was awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal with the Thanks of Congress in 1776.

Washington died in 1799. 

Henry Lee, delivering the funeral oration, declared Washington "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen". He is considered as one of the greatest United States presidents.  

Was Born on December of 1734 in Boston, North End and died on May 10 of 1818 in Boston Massachusetts.

He was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution.

In his lifetime, Revere was a prosperous and prominent Boston craftsman, who helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military.

After his death he was famous for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord, and his "midnight ride" are well-known in the United States as a patriotic symbol.

Paul Revere later served as an officer in the Penobscot Expedition, one of the most disastrous campaigns of the American Revolutionary War. After the war, he was early to recognize the potential for large-scale manufacturing of metal.

Was born on October 30 of 1735 and died on July 4 of 1826.

He was a politician philosopher, and the second president of the United States of America after being the First Vice President of the United States, was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States.

Was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Continental Congress, he persuade Congress to declare independence, and assisted Thomas Jefferson in drafting the United States Declaration of Independence in 1776.

He was a major negotiator of the eventual peace treaty with Great Britain.

Adams' revolutionary credentials secured him two terms as George Washington's vice president and his own election as the second president of the United States.

The major accomplishment of his presidency was his peaceful resolution of the Quasi-War crisis with France in 1798.

Adams was the father of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States. 

Was born on September 27 of 1722, in Boston Massachusetts and died on October 2 1803.

Samuel Adams was politician philosopher and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

Was a leader of the American Revolution. He was a second cousin to John Adams.

He graduate from Harvard College, he was an unsuccessful businessman and tax collector, was an influential official of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and was a part of a movement opposed to the British Parliament's efforts to tax the  colonies without their consent. 

His 1768 circular letter calling for colonial cooperation prompted the occupation of Boston by British soldiers, eventually resulting in the Boston Massacre of 1770.

Continued resistance to British policy resulted in the 1773 Boston Tea Party and the coming of the American Revolution.

After the coercive acts he a attended the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. He helped guide Congress towards issuing the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and helped draft the Articles of Confederation and the Massachusetts Constitution.