Ch.4 The American Revolution

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a scheme developed by a committee led by Ben Franklin that proposed that the colonies unite to form a federal government, but was rejected by the colonies

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Albany Plan of Union

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war during the 1750s between the British and the French and NA allies over the Ohio River Valley that ended with the French surrendering

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French and Indian War

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ended the war between England, Spain, and France in 1763 that eliminated French power in North America, all French territory in North America, except east of Mississippi

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Treaty of Paris

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a tax on imports and exports

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customs duty

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the loss of value of money

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inflation

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forced colonists to pay more for their defense and if they did not provide barrocks for British troops, the act stated that troops could stay in taverns, inns, vacant buildings, and barns, and colonists had to pay the rent

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Quartering Act

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a pledge by merchants not to buy goods from a particular source

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Non importation agreement

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a search warrant enabling customs officers to enter any location

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Writs of Assistance

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committee organized in each colony to communicate with and unify the colonies

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Committee of Correspondence

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150 men climbed aboard an English Tea Ship in the Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor on December 1773 as a reaction to the tea act

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Boston Tea Party

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the Coercive Acts and the Quebec Act together that the colonists could not stand because the English took away their basic rights

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Intolerable Acts

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companies of civilian soldiers who boasted they were ready to fight on a minute's notice

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minutemen

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American colonists who supported Britian and opposed the War for Independence

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Loyalist

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American colonists who supported the War for Independence

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Patriots

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battle fought on Breed's Hill on June 16, 1775 that was a major morale boost for the Americans, even though the British won

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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document written by Thomas Jefferson that was issued on July 4, 1776 by the Continental Congress that decleared the colonsists the United States of America

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Declaration of Independence

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General that commanded the British army in New York

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William Howe

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a hit-and-run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes

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guerrilla warfare

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colonist disguised as a Dutch school teacher to spy on the British

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Nathan Hale

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place where the Continental Army stayed throughout the winter, but many people died due to food shortages

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Valley Forge

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military officer from France that helped Washington improve discapline and boost morale among the weary troops

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Marquis de Lafayette

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battle won by the Americans in New York because the British surrendered due to the dwindling of supplies

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Saratoga

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licenses issued by Congress to private ship owners authorizing them to attack British merchant ships

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Letters of Marque

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American naval officer that commanded the Bonhomme Richard Ship which attacked some British warships, and forced the British to surrender after three hours of fighting

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John Paul Jones

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general of army after Clinton left and eventually decided to invade Virginia in 1781

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Charles Cornwallis

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form of government in which power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote

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republic

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Mary Ludwig Hays who carried water to the Patriot gunners during the Battle of Monmouth

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Molly Pitcher

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the act or process of freeing enslaved persons

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emancipation

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the voluntary freeing of enslaved persons

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manumission

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painter that served in the Continental Army as an aide to Washington and is best known for his depiction of battles and important events during the Revolution

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John Trumbull

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fought at Trenton and Princeton and survived the winter at Valley Forge and is best known for his portraits of Washington and other Patriot leaders

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Charles Willson Peale