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29 Cards in this Set
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Stamp Act |
Laws passed by Parliament to make colonists buy a stamp to place on many items such as wills and newspapers |
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Samuel Adams |
One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty |
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Townshed Acts |
Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that set taxes on imports to the colonies |
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Boston Massacre |
Conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which four colonists were killed |
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Committees of correspondence |
A network of communication set up in Massachusetts and Virginia to inform other colonies of ways that Britain threated colonial rights |
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Boston Tea Party |
Protests against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor |
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King George III |
King of England during the American Revolution |
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Intolerable Acts |
A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British |
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Martial law |
Rule by military |
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Minutemen |
Civilian soldiers |
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Second Continental Congress |
The meeting of colonial delegates that approved the Declaration of Independence
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Olive Branch Petition |
An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George III |
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Common Sense |
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that attacked the monarchy |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Main author of the Declaration of Independence |
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Patirots |
Colonists who supported the revolution |
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Loyalists |
Colonists who supported the King |
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Trenton |
Battle won by the Americans in 1776 |
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Saratoga |
Battle won by the Americans in 1777 |
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Valley Forge |
Place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778 |
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Inflation |
Rise in the price of goods |
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Profiteering |
Selling goods that are hard to come by for a profit |
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Friedrich von Steuben |
Prussian officer who helped train American soldiers |
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Marquis de Lafayette |
French noble who helped the Americans |
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Charles Cornwallis |
British General |
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Yorktown |
Battle that gave American victory in the war |
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Treaty of Paris |
Treaty that officially ended the war |
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Egalitarianism |
A belief in equality |
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Aaron Burr |
Democratic-Republican and running mate of Thomas Jefferson in the 1800 election |
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Sacajawea |
Native American woman who served as an interpreter for Lewis and Clark on their expedition |