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38 Cards in this Set
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gov. run by the people
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democracy
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what country did Ben Franklin convince to become a friend or ally to america
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france
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this document declared freedom from the British
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declaration of independence
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in what year did America declare independence
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July 4th 1776
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in this agreement Britain officially gave peace to the colonies
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treaty of Paris
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i was an author inventor and diplomat
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Benjamin Franklin
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who wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Tomas Jefferson
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who was the commanding General in the American Revolution
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George Washington
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in what ways did women help in the American Revolution
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boycott, doctors, cooks,
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British legislator
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parliment
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how did Britain respond to the Boston tea party
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closed port of Boston
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what event was orginized by the sons of liberty to protest British taxes and laws
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Boston Tea Party
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the shot heard around the world was fired here
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Concord
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who said give me liberty or give me death
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Patrick Henry
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farmers who were prepared to fight the British if the war came
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minute men
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people who were loyal to the colonies
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patriots
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people who were loyal to the king
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loyalists
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person who warned the people the British were coming
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Paul Revere
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freedom means
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liberty
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the law that stated Britain had full power to make laws over the colonies
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declaring act
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what was the first permanent English settlement in North America
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Jamestown
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indentured servants
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a person who sold her or his labor in exchange for passage to America
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imports
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things we bring into a different country
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exports
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things we send to other country's
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tariffs
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a tax on imported goods
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what nations were competing to find riches and spread Christianity during the 1400's
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England and Spain
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who were the first group of people to live in North America
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Native Americans
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what country had control over the 13 colonies
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England/ Britain/ France
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New England
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mountains, rocky soil, harsh waters, fish
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middle colonies
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farming, mills, rich soil
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southern colonies
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good soil and good climate for crops
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what was the importance of the Appalachian Mountains in Colonial America
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became a border for the 13 colonies and kept them from going to north America
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why did the Pilgrims, Separatists and the Puritans come to America
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for religious freedom
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boycott
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a refusal to buy goods as a punishment or protest
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loyalists
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people who are loyal to the king
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patriot
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a person who is loyal to the colonies
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rebellion
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to act out against
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what is the importance of the Stamp, Intolerable, and Townshend acts
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they help pay off the war debts and they created a riet
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