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50 Cards in this Set
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money that people pay to help run the government |
tax |
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person chosen by the people to make decisions for them |
representative |
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the cruel killing of many people at one time |
massacare |
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american colonists who wanted america to be free from englands rule |
patriots |
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American colonist who remained loyal to england |
LOYALISTS OR TORIES |
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German soldiers who were hired by the british to fight against american colonist |
HESSIANS |
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king of england at the time of Americas war for independence |
KING GEORGE III |
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unfair tax law that angered the colonist |
STAMP ACT |
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a fight between angry colonist and british soldiers in which 5 colonists were killed |
BOSTON MASSACARE |
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black patriot killed during the boston massacare |
CRISPUS ATTUCKS
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protest by american colonist who dumped over 300 chests of british tea into the boston harbor |
BOSTON TEA PARTY |
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group of men who met before and during the war for independence to decide what the colonies would do about englands unfair treatment |
CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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Massachusetts soldiers who said they could be ready to fight at minutes notice |
MINUTEMEN |
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young patriot known for saying "... as for me, give me liberty or give me death"? |
PATRICK HENRY |
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2 men who warned the colonist of a british attack |
PAUL REVERE AND WILLIAM DAWES
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daring american soldier who led the green mountain boys to capture fort ticonderoga from the british |
ETHAN ALLEN |
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document which stated the reasons why american colonists wanted freedom from englands rule |
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
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author of the declaration of independence |
THOMAS JEFFERSON |
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president of the continental congress |
JOHN HANCOCK |
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towns in massachusetts where the first battle of the war for independence took place |
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD |
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place where americans showed the british that they would not be easily defeted |
BUNKER HILL |
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strategic fort captured by ethan allen |
fort ticondergo |
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war for independence begins |
1775 |
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declaration of independence is signed? |
july 4, 1776 |
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British soldiers who wore red coats and they were teased and called _______________? |
Lobster-backs or red coats |
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a part of an ocean or sea which reaches the land, generally with a narrower with a wide opening |
gulf |
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the place where a river begins |
source |
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an inland body of water, usually fresh water |
lake |
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the land deposited at the mouth of a river |
delta |
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a deep, narrow body of water connecting two larger bodies of water, also, the deepest part of the river or harbor |
channel |
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commander in chief of the colonial army; called "The Father of his country" |
George Washington |
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brave american spy who gave his life for his country;known for saying "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" |
Nathan Hale |
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lady said to have stitched together the first american flag with stars and stripes |
Betsy Ross |
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soldier who captured british forts in the northwest territory for America |
George Rodgers Clark |
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brave sea captain who was one of the first officers of the american navy;he determined our first navy would be successful |
John Paul Jones |
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british general who surrendered to george washington |
Lord Cornwallis |
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American general who fought the british in the southern colonies |
Nathanael Greene |
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Where were the Hessians defeated at Christmastime? |
Trenton |
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Where was the battle that was the turning point of the war? |
Saratoga |
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Where did the continental army spend a hard winter? |
Valley Forge |
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Where did the Americans prove that they would be a hard army to beat? |
The Battle of Lexington |
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Where di the British surrender to the Americans? |
York Town |
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Who said "give me liberty or give me death"? |
Patrick Henry |
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Who said "The british are coming"? |
Paul Revere and William Dawes |
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Who said "I have not yet begun to fight"? |
John Paul Jones |
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Who said "I regret i only have but one life to lose for my country"? |
Nathan Hale |
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How did the colonists react to the stamp act? |
It made them angry and some colonists burned a pile of British stamps |
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Who wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence |
Thomas Jefferson wrote it and it was signed by John Hancock |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Who signed The Declaration of Independence? |
John Hancock |
