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Quartering Act

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required colonists to house all British soldiers

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Sugar Act

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placed tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies

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Stamp Act

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required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax has been paid

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Declaratory Act

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affirmed Parliament's right to legislate the colonies and reasserted Parliament's control over all colonial affairs

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Townshend Acts

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placed duties on numerous imports to the colonists such as glass, paper, paint, lead, tea

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Intolerable Acts

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punished Massachusetts and direcly attact on rights banned right to assemble incre3ased government power

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Tea Act

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limited supply on tea and taxed tea

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Proclamation of 1763

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forbade colonists from settling beyond the Appalachian Mountains

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Boston Massacre

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group of colonists surrounded soldiers who fired into crowd killing 5 colonists

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some where forced to fight for the colonists and others fought for Britain for freedom

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Role of African Americans in the war

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were forced to choose between "two evils"

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Role of Native Americans in the war

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some dressed as men to fight, tend farms, or cured the wounded soldiers

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Role of Women in the war

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Marquis de Lafayette

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French aristocrat who voluntered in Washington's Army also known as "the soldiers friend"

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George Rogers Clark

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frontiers man who helped defend western frontier

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Horatio Gates

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U.S. Army general in the Revolutionary War and commander at the battles of Saratoga

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Thomas Paine

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political radical and author of Common Sense

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Paul Revere

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Boston silversmith who rode into the countryside to spread news of British troop movement

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John Paul Jones

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sea commander who attacked

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Joseph Brant

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Mohawk chief allied with the British and helped defend Mohawk River Valley in New York

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Benedict Arnold

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U.S. Army general in the Revolutionary War who later turned to be a traitor

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John Burgoyne

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British army general in the Revolutionary War

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Common Sense

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writen by Thomas Paine, said all men have the right to vote and corruped Monarchies suggests America follows its own destany

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The First Continental Congress

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meeting of delegates from most of the colonies, called in reaction to the Intolerable Acts

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The Second Continental Congress

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met in Philadelphia in 1775, was America's government during the war, created the continental Army led by George Washington

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-many malitias were untrained and undiciplined volunteers who were not ready for war -the army lacked supplies

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What problems did the continental army face in the first few years of the war?

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The British retreated from the colonists' army to Saratoga where the continental army shot at them until they surrendered

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What happened at the Battles of Saratoga?

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it prevented the British from isolating New England adn showed countries they might have a chance at winning the war

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Why was the Battles of Saratoga a turning point in the war?

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They thought New England was the sourse of rebellion so they cut off New England from the other states. the British then wanted to win Philadelphia, and they did

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What was Britain's Northern strategy?

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British decide to move south where they believed were more loyalists and slaves they could convince to fight for thier freedom

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What was Britain's Southern strategy?

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it ended the Revolutionary War and said America was independet and stretched from the Mississippi to the Atlantic Ocean

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What was the Treaty of Paris and what were the terms?

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it horrified them that their former alleys would just hand over thier land without consulting the natives

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How did the Treaty of Paris affect the Native Americans?

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patriot=american loyal to the colonies loyalists=american loyal to Great Britain

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What is the difference between a Patriot and a Loyalist?

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citizens surrounded a band of british soldiers and began throwing snowballs at them. the british feared for their safety so they shot into the crowd killing 5 people

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What happened at the Boston Massacre?

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Richard Allen

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helped start the Free African Society that encouraged people to help each other, he was a preacher who founded the first African-American church in the U.S.

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Sons of Liberty

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secret society formed to oppose British policies, lead by Samuel Adams

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Hessians

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Profetional soldiers hired by Britan from Germany to help fight the war

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Common Sense

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written by Thomas Paine, said all men have the right to vote and corrupst Monarchies and suggests America follows its own destany

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John Adams- lawer who supported the colonies but thought British should be treated fairly too Samuel Adams-leader of the Sons of Liberty and strongly believed any British soldier in Americal should be shot

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What was the difference between cousins Samuel Adams and John Adams?

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First the armys lined up to form rows, then was the FIELD ARTILLERY where field artillery blasted enemy lines, then was the FIREING LINE where front line soldiers advanced and fired muskets, then was the CAVALRY CHARGE where soldiers attack with BAYONETS while soldiers on horseback charged

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What are the three phases of formal Battle?

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France wanted to get payback on Britan so they allied with the colonists. Spain was France's ally and Britain's rival too. France convinced Spain to ally with the colonies as well

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Why did France and Spain decide to enter the war?

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he wanted to maintain peace between Natives and colonists

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How did King George feel about the colonists' relationship with Native Americans directly after the French and Indian War?

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William Dawes

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Went with Paul Revere on the ride to warn colonists of British movement

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House of Bugesses

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Virginia assembly, the first representative assembly in the American colonies

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Preamble

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Part of the declaration- begins with...WHEN IN THE COURSE OF HUMAN EVENTS...

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The Right of the People to Control their Government

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Part of the declaration that contains the rights, LIFE, LIBERTY, AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

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Trynannical Acts of the Britsh King

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Part of the declaration that lists offenses by the king to the colonists

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Efforts of the colonies to Avoid Separation

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Part of the declaration that explains the attempts by the colonists to petition the king

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The Colonists are Declaired Free and Independant

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Part of the declaration that declaired the separation from Great Britain

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the patriots were fighting for their lives and the british were fighting for pay, britain had no allys and colonists had Dutch, France, and Spain, americans faught close to home where is the British couldn't use the land

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How were the Americans able to defeat the mighty British military?

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the Battles of Lexington and Concord

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April 19th, 1775

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The Boston Tea Party

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December 16th, 1773

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the Battle at Yorktown

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October 19th, 1781

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the Boston Massacre

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March 5th, 1770

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the signing of the Declaration of Independance

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July 4th, 1776

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the Treaty of Paris

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September 3rd, 1783

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Battle of Saratoga

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September-October, 1777

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Patrick Henry

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Member of the house of Burgesses, said GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH.

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