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25 Cards in this Set
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Shots fired at Lexington and Concord gave this message to the world:
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that this young nation would fight for their liberty from England.
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To speak or act out against something is called ____.
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protest
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Term used to describe people who sided against England.
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Patriots
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Frist event of the Revolutionary War.
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Battle at Lexington and Concord
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Who was ruling the colonies?
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Monarch (King) and Parliament
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Colonist dressed up like these in order to protest the monopoly of tea.
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Indians
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What was the signal to be, depending on the way that the British arrived?
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one if by land, two if by sea
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What was used to signal the way that the British would arrive?
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Lanterns
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What is the main reason that the colonist are angry with England?
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They are taxing them without representation.
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Sons of Liberty whose job it was to signal that the British had arrived.
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Paul Revere and William Dawes
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Area of land under dispute between France and England.
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Ohio River Valley- between the Appalachian Mountains and Mississippi River
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A government in which the people take parts is called
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democracy
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What are allies?
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Friends in war
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People who sided with the King's ideas were called___.
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Loyalists
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Who was the frist Black man killed during this time?
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Crispus Attucks
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Every colony sent representatives to the Frist Continental Congress, except
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Georgia
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Nickname given to the British Soliders by the Colonists.
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"red coat"
"bloody backs" "lobster backs" |
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Who was a activity citizen in the colonies as well as a well known Statesman?
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Benjamin Franklin
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Term used to describe colonist who were ready to fight at a moments notice.
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Minutemen
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What did the Sugar Act tax?
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goods coming into the colonies
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The first colonial legislatures were know as
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House of Burgesses
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What did the Stamp Act tax?
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paper goods
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Another word for freedom.
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liberty
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What colonist did to stores that were loyal to the King?
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boycott
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This committees job was to keep all colonies aware of what was happening.
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Committee of Correspondence
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