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continental congress |
1) to establish a political body to represent american interest and challenge british control 2) they met in Philadelphia 3) september 1774 4) they drafted a statement to call for the repeal of 13 acts, they voted boycott and they endured the Suffolk resolves 5) they armed themselves |
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militias |
1) group of citizen soldiers 2) they prepared to fight russia and africa |
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minutemen |
1) people who claimed were ready to fight on a moments notice 2) they held frequent training sessions, made bullets, and stockpiled rifles and muskets |
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paul revere |
1) he was a member of the Sons of Liberty that was on guard to warn people that the British were coming so that the minutemen could be on guard and ready to fight
2) he's famous for the ride be made from Boston to Concord to alert people of Britain |
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bunker hill |
1) June 16th, 17752. Breed's Hill
2) the redcoats assembled at the bottom of Breed's Hill and charged up. They had to charge about 3 or 4 times before the colonists ran short of gunpowder and had to retreat 3) they wouldn't be as easy as they thought to beat the colonists. |
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loyalists |
1) the colonists who chose to stand by Britain and didn't think the laws and taxes were anything to rebel over
2) i don't remember reading about Canada so i have no absolute idea 3) the Loyalists believed British rule was fair, and insisted that the taxes were nothing to fuss over. |
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patriots |
1) colonists who believed the taxes that were placed on them were unfair and wanted to boycott G.B and rebel against King George for independence
2) they wanted to separate from G.B because they believed that their rule was unfair and they wanted to run themselves 3) the patriots strived to be an independent country. |
