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51 Cards in this Set
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Neolin
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an american indian
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pontiacs rebellion
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indians tried to take a fort
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procolamation of 1763
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helped protect the unionf
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sugar act
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raised taxes on sugar
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duty
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import tax
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stamp act
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tax on all printed matter
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nonimportation agreements
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promising not to buy or import british goods
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sons of liberty
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people who protested the stamp act
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samuel adams
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leader of the boston sons of liberty
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stamp act of congress
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informed the king of there dissatisfaction
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declaratory act
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asserted full power and authority of parlament to make laws
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townshead act
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placed import dutys on little things
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writs of assistance
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special search warrents
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quartering act
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said troops could live in there houses
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Boston Massacre
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where the british troops opened fire on an innoscent croud
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Geroge the third
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king of Britten in the 1700s
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Committee of Correspondence
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it keep the rest of the colony informed about everything
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Tea Act
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excused the company from paying certain dutys
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intolerable acts
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the laws that britten passed on the colonists
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Quebec Act
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gave quebecs boundry into the ohio river
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First continental congress
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a group that discussed grievences
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Patriots
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colonists that supported independence
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Paul Revere
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warned colonists of the attacking british
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minutemen
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members of the colonists militia
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second continental congress
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pushed for a constitution
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geroge washington
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commander of the colonies army
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william howe
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british commander
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battle of bunker hill
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first british and colonial war
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olive branch petition
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was a treaty sent to the king and rejected
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patrick henry
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a powerfull supporter of independence
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Thomas Paine
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a powerfull supporter of independence
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common sense
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stirred up public support for the revolution
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tea act
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an importation tax on tea
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richard henry lee
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introduced a resolution in the second continental congress
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declaration of independence
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the document that gave the colonies freedom
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thomas jefferson
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chair of the comittee
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abigail adams
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a woman
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loyalists
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opposed the declaration
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Thayendanegea
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an important mohawk chief
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battle of trenton
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where the colonists attacked the hessian camp
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charles cornwallis
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a british field commander
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guerilla warfare
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hit and run battles
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gentleman johnny" burgoyne
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british general
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battle of saratoga
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a american victory
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bernardo de gavez
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spain's governor of louisiana
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marquis de lafayette
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a nobleman that fought against the british
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geroge rogers clark
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secured the Illinois country`
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francis marion
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an officer of the continental army
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guerrilla warfare
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hit and run battles
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battle of yorktown
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where the british surrendered their weapons
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treaty of paris
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granted united states independence
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