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30 Cards in this Set
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George Grenville
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British finance minister
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Patrick Henry
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-Young member of Virginia House of Burgesses
-Persuaded the burgesses to take action against Stamp Act |
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Samuel Adams
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-Started an organization called Sons of Liberty
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revenue
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incoming money
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writs of assistance
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legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for smuggled goods
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resolution
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a formal expression of opinion
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effigy
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rag figure representing an unpopular individual
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boycott
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to refuse to buy items from a particular country
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nonimportation
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an agreement not to import or use certain goods
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repeal
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to cancel an act or law
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Crispus Attucks
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African American dockworker whom some believed to have lead the colonists in the Boston Massacre
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Paul Revere
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Made an engraving about the Boston Massacre
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George III
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King of Britain at the time these events took place
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propaganda
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ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion
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committee of correspondence
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an organization that used meetings, letters,and pamphlets to spread political ideas throught the colonists
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Continental Congress
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-Organization used to represent American interests
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John Adams
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-cousin of Samuel Adams
-successful layer |
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John Jay
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-Delegate from New York in Continental Congress
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Richard Henry Lee
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-Delegate from Virgina
-One of the most outspoken defenders of colonial rights |
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George Washington
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-Commander of Continental Army
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Ethan Allen
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-Part of Green Mountain Boys
-Captured Fort Ticonderaga |
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militia
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a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies
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minutemen
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companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight in a minute's notice
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Loyalists
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American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
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Patriots
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American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won
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Thomas Jefferson
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-Brilliant thinker and writer
-Member of Virginia House of Burgesses |
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Thomas Paine
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-Wrote Common Sense
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Abigail Adams
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-John Adam's wife
-Wrote a letter asking why women weren't included in the Declaration of Independence |
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petition
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a formal request
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preamble
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the introduction to a formal document, especially the Constitution
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