Who started America's second war for independence?
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We had a second war for independence?
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George Washington. easy two points!!!
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trick question?  George Washington was born under British colonial rule....which made him the first president of the u.s. but not the first "American" president.  Martin Van Beuren was born in 1782 which would make him the first "American President"
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Our founding fathers; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, John Paul Jones, basically all who had to do with the Revolutionary War.\nBecause, we couldn't take the British' cruelty any longer.
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On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States.\n\nGeorge Washington is often called "the father of his country" for his crucial role in fighting for, creating and leading the United States of America in its earliest days. Washington was a surveyor, farmer and soldier who rose to command the colonial forces in the Revolutionary War. His success in the war made him a tremendously popular figure in America even after he retired to his farm at Mount Vernon in 1783. He was the natural choice to serve as the country's first president in 1789 after the new United States Constitution was ratified. He served two terms, refused a third, and returned to his Virginia farm. In 1798 he was again commissioned as commander in chief of the army, a title he held until his death 18 months later. He was succeeded as president by John Adams.\n\nMore info in the links, if you need it!
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B-1. This man was the first to sign his signature on the Declaration of Independence.\n\nC-2. On the night of April 18, 1775 this man, along with William Dawes galloped along th city warning the colonist that, "the Redcoats are here."\n\nA-3. At the battle of Lexington & Concord this colonel said this famouse qoute, "don't fire till you see the white of their eyes!". This was the beggining of the Revolutionary War.\n\nC-4. He was the leader of the Sons of Liberty.\n\nE-5. In January 1776, he published his pamphlet entitled "Common Sense'. His words moved American colonists to join the struggle for independence. He is also kknown for the famous qoute, "the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
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In the American Revolution the French fought with the Americans against the British.
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The Declaration of Independence
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The Revolutionary War started in 1765 and ended in 1777.
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The First President of the United States of America was George Washington.
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 N.S. – July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential founders of the United States. Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803), the Embargo Act of 1807, and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806).\n\nA political philosopher who promoted classical liberalism, republicanism, and the separation of church and state, he was the author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779, 1786), which was the basis of the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. He was the eponym of Jeffersonian democracy and the founder and leader of the Democratic-Republican Party which dominated American politics for over a quarter-century and was the precursor to today's Democratic Party. Jefferson also served as the second Governor of Virginia (1779–1781), first United States Secretary of State (1789–1793), and second Vice President (1797–1801).
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Adams, Samuel(1722–1803)» American politician and Revolutionary leader, born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. A second cousin to John Adams, he studied law, failed at several business enterprises, became a tax collector, then devoted himself to politics. One of the first and most outspoken colonists to oppose British laws and policies, in the Massachusetts legislature (1765–74) he promoted corresponding with other colonies' leaders, wrote newspaper articles criticizing British rule, organized opposition to the Stamp Act in 1765, and composed and circulated a declaration of colonists' rights. He helped organize the Boston Tea Party (1773) and by 1774 was advocating open resistance to Britain. He served in the First and Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence. At first he backed George Washington as commander-in-chief, but he criticized what he thought was an overly cautious pursuit of the war. Regarded as too radical by many, he resigned from Congress in 1781, but supported the Federal Constitution of 1787. He was lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts (1789–94), then governor (1794–7). \n© Crystal Reference 2004.
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Thomas Jefferson, who also happened to be the second Vice President.  If memory serves, he served between 1801-1809.
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Events\nAdam Smith publishes The Wealth of Nations \nEdward Gibbon publishes The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire \nAustria abolishes death penalty and torture and decriminalizes witchcraft \nBritish begin to use old ships docked close to shore as temporary prisons, prison junks \nSigning of the Declaration of Independence \n[edit]\nJanuary\nJanuary 10 - Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense \nJanuary 20 - American Revolutionary War: South Carolina Loyalists led by Robert Cunningham sign a petition from prison agreeing to all demands for peace by the newly formed state government of South Carolina. \n[edit]\nFebruary\nFebruary 27 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge: North Carolina Loyalists charge across Moore's Creek bridge near Wilmington to attack what they mistakenly believe to be a small force of rebels. Several loyalist leaders are killed in the ensuing battle. The patriot victory virtually ends all British authority in the colony. \n[edit]\nMarch\nMarch 4 - The American War of Independence: The Americans capture "Dorchester Heights" dominating the port of Boston, Massachusetts. \nMarch 17 - American Revolutionary War: British forces evacuate Boston, Massachusetts after George Washington commands the placement of artillery overlooking the city at Dorchester Heights. \nMarch 28 - Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. \n[edit]\nApril\nApril 12 - American Revolutionary War: The Royal Colony of North Carolina produces the Halifax Resolves making it the first British colony to officially authorize its Continental Congress delegates to vote for independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. \n[edit]\nMay\nMay 1 - Adam Weishaupt founds the Bavarian Illuminati (Order of the Illuminati) in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. \n[edit]\nJune\nJune 7 - American Revolutionary War: Richard Henry Lee of Virginia proposed to the Continental Congress a resolution calling for a Declaration of Independence. \nJune 8 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Trois-Rivières: American invaders are driven back at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. \nJune 12 - American Revolutionary War: Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates. \nJune 15 - American Revolutionary War: Delaware Separation Day: The Delaware General Assembly votes to suspend government under the British Crown. \nJune 17 - Lt. Jose Joaquin Moraga leads a band of colonists from Monterey Presidio, landing on June 29 and constructing the Mission Dolores of the new Presidio of San Francisco. \n[edit]\nJuly\nJuly 2 - American Revolutionary War: The final (despite minor revisions) U.S. Declaration of Independence is written. \nJuly 4 - American Revolutionary War: United States Declaration of Independence. \nJuly 8 - American Revolutionary War: The U.S. declaration of Independence is signed. \nJuly 9 - American Revolutionary War: An angry mob in New York City topples the equestrian statue of George III in Bowling Green. \nJuly 12 - Captain James Cook sets off from Plymouth England on his third, and fatal, expedition to the Pacific Ocean. \n[edit]\nAugust\nAugust 15 - American Revolutionary War: First Hessian troops land on Staten Island to join British forces \nAugust 27 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Long Island: Washington's troops routed in Brooklyn by British under William Howe. \n[edit]\nSeptember\nSeptember - First running of the St. Leger Stakes horse race in England. \nSeptember 6 - Hurricane hits Guadeloupe, killing more than 6000. \nSeptember 7 - American Revolutionary War: World's first submarine attack. American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe's flagship HMS Eagle in New York Harbor. \nSeptember 11 - American Revolutionary War: abortive peace conference between British and Americans on Staten Island. \nSeptember 15 - American Revolutionary War: British land on Manhatta
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Lexington and Concord. Its basically a phrase that meant the start of the American Revolutionary War
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George Washington....thanks for the points! :)
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War of 1812, Mexican war of 1846-48, Spanish War 1898, World War I, and World War II.  I dont have a source just what I have learned throughout my life and in college, congress never declared war in any other conflict, they were just actions by president, but look it up on Wikipedia.  We never declared war in the Revolution so the person before me is wrong.  We declared independence and we had to fight for it, we did not declare war( at least not formally) because they were factions in out government that wanted to reconcile with Britain.  I do think the congress declared war on the barbary pirates but im not sure.