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19 Cards in this Set
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Battle of Trenton
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(1776) Revolutionary War battle in New Jersey in which Patriot forces captured more than 900 Hessian troops fighting for Britain.
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Charles Cornwallis
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General; British field commander
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Neolin
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American Indian known as the Delaware Prophet, traveled among the troubled western people, denouncing British ways
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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(1763) Unsuccessful attack by Ottawa chief Pontiac and his allies against British forts on the northwestern frontier in an attempt to drive out European settlers
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Proclamation of 1763
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British ban on colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Sugar Act
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(1764) Law passed by Parliament imposing taxes on molasses, sugar, and other items imported by the colonies
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Duty
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Import tax
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Stamp Act
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(1765) Law passed by Parliament that placed a tax on printed matter
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Samuel Adams
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A leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty
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Stamp Act
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(1765) Law passed by Parliament that placed a tax on printed matter
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Nonimportation Agreements
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Documents signed by colonial merchants promising not to buy or import British goods
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Stamp Act Congress
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(1765) Delegates from nine colonies who gathered in New York City to voice their rejection of the Stamp Act and to deny Parliament's right to tax the colonies
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Declaratory Act
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(1766) A law passed by Parliament that asserted its right to make laws and govern its American colonies
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Townshend Acts
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(1767) Law passed by Parliament placing duties on certain items imported by the colonists
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Quartering Act
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(1765) Law enacted by Parliament; required colonists to house and supply British troops
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Boston Massacre
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(1770) Incident in which British soldiers fired into a group of colonists gathered in front of a customs house, killing several people
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John Adams
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Defended the soldiers of the Boston Massacre
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King George III
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King during this time
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Committee of Correspondence
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Group formed in the 1770s to keep colonists informed about British violations of their rights
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