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51 Cards in this Set
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Neolin
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an American Indian also know as the Delaware Prophet.
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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Ended when the Indians failed to take Fort Detroit and Fort Pitt.
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Proclamation of 1763
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barring settlement west of the Application Mountains.
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Sugar Act
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Began in 1764
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Duty
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A thing that was placed on things
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Stamp Act
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Began in 1765
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Sons of liberty
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Where also involved
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Sam Adams
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He is a leader of sons liberty
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Stamp act congress
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Was in the new york city
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Townshed acts
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Happened in 1767
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Writs of assistance
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enforced the townshed law
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Quartering act
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happened in 1765
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Boston Massacre
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A massacre among the people of Boston
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John Adams
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Sam Adams cousin
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George II
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Was a king back in the day
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Committee of Correspondance
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Charged with keeping the rest of the colony informed
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Tea Act
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Happened in 1774
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Boston Tea Party
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Spread Rapidly
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Intolerable acts
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These laws spread rapidly
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Quebec act
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passed in 1774
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first continental congress
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in Philadelphia
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Patriots
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or colonists
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Paul revere
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A patriot
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minutemen
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members of milita
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second continental congress
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opened in Philadelphia
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George Washington
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President that was from Virginia
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Olive Branch Petition
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stated the colonists loyalty to the king and asked for his help
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Patrick Henery
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A really powerful person
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Thomas Paine
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Another powerful person
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Common sense
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sense of known
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Richard henry lee
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He is from Virginia
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Declaration of independence
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a Virginia lawyer planter and slaveholder
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Thomas Jefferson
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Became a chair committee and was a president
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Abigail Adams
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She married John Adams in 1764
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Loyalists
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also know as Tories
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Thayendanegea
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An important mohawk chief
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Battle of Trenton
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The Hessian quickly surrendered there
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Charles of cornwallis
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The British field commander
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gentleman johnny burgoyne
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devised plans
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Bernardo de galvez
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Spain's governor
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Marquis de Lafayette
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A nobleman
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Battle of Saratoga
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Burgoyne surrendered there
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George Clark
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Led a group of 175 soldiers
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Francis Marion
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an officier
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guerrilla warfare
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wearing down the enemy with hit and run
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battle of yorktown
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a battle that happened in 1781
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treaty of paris
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sighned in 1783 in september
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Unimportant agreement
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a promise not to buy British goods
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declaratory act
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happened in 1766
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Quebec Act
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happened in 1774
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Neoplin
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To go on an expedition.
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