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67 Cards in this Set
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William Pitt the Elder
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the prime minister of Great Britain who sympathized with the colonists; he planned to lift trade restrictions ond the colonies to boost private enterprise
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Charles Townshend
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the Englishman who became prime minister after William Pitt the Elder became ill
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Townshend Act
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the series of taxes on colonial imports from Britain, including paper, paints, lead, glass, and tea
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Writs of Assistance
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the documents which allowed British officials to search American ships and buildings for smuggled goods
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Boston "Massacre"
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the unforntunate accident in which British soldiers were harassed by the colonists and 5 colonists were killed
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Committees of Correspondence
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the committee of 21 men who kept neighboring towns informed of problems with England and let America's position be known to the world
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Boston Tea Party
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when "patriots" disguised as Indians boarded the tea-laden ships in Boston Harbor, broke open 340 tea chests, and dumped theri contents into the harbor
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Quartering Act
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the act which made it legal for British officials to quarter British soldiers in occupied buildings
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Boston Port Bill
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the bill which closed the port of Boston to all commerce
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Quebec Act
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the act which canceled the American colonies' wester land claims by extending the borders of Quebec
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First Continental Congress
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the meeting in Philadelphia of elegates from each of the colonies to discuss what action should be taken in the impending crisis
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Declaraiton and Resolves
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1. that those born in America had the same rights as those born in England
2. that just because they were emigrants they did not loose their rights as Engishmen 3. that they had the right to participate in their legislative council |
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Patrick Henry
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the patriot who said "...give me liberty, or give me death!"
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"minutemen"
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men who had to be ready to defend their their homes and families upon "a minute's" notice
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Concord
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the city in which the patriots were stocking ammunition
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the three men who rode through the night to warn their countrymen that the British were comming
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Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott
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shot heard 'round the world
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the first shot fired in the American War for Independece
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Ethan Allen and the "Green Mountain Boys"
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the patriot band which took Fort Ticonderoga from the British
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Fort Ticonderoga
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the fort which Ethan Allen and the "Green Mountain Boys" took from the British; they supprised the British and they surrendered the fort and its supplies
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Lemuel Haynes
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a black minuteman who became a famous preacher
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Second Continental Congress
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the meeting in Philadelphia which decided that George Washington should lead the patriot forces
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George Washington
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the commander in chief who led the patroit forces during the American War for Revoulution
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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the battle which was fought on Breed's Hill when the patriots fortified the hill and keept beating back the British until they ran out of ammo
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Olive Branch Petition
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the petition which asked George III to come to reasonable terms and promising loyality in return
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Hessians
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German troops who were hired by George III to fight the colonists for Britain
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Prohibitory Act
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the act in which removed protection from the colonies
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Thomas Paine
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the Englishman who published a pamphlet enitled Common Sense
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Richard Henry Lee
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the colonists who presented the idea of separating from England entirely
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Thomas Jefferson
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the man who led the committee which prepared the Declaration of Independence
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July 4, 1776
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the date on which the Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence
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Declaration of Independence
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the most important human statement of political principles in the history of the world
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Marquis de Lafayette
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the Frenchman who became a close and invaluable aid to General Washington
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Baron von Steuben
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the Prussian who helped Washington drill his troops into a disciplined army and proved that not all Germans were like the Hessians
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Baron de Kalb
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the German who gave his life for the cause of American freedom
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Koscicsko and Pulaski
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the two Polish men who helped the patriots
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Haym Solomon
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the Polish Jew who helped obtain much needed funds for the war effort
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New York City
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the city whic had the largest population of Loyalists
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Tories
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another name for Loyalists
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Trenton
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the city which George Washington attacked the day after Christmas and captured nearly 1,000 Hessians
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General Cornwallis
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the general who tried to catch Washington at Trenton
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Princeton
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the city where George Washington, attacked after Trenton, and defeated the British troops
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General John Burgoyne
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the British general who marched southward from Quebec to Albany with his army and tried to divide the colonies in two
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Nathan Hale
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the patroit who said, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country"
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General Horatio Gates
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the general who surrendered his entire army after two fierce battles
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Battle of Saratoga
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proved to be the turning point in America's War for Independence
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Valley Forge
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where General Washington and his army spent the winter
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Battle of Monmouth
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the battle where "Molly Pitcher" seized the cannon when her husband died and fired it for the remainder of the battle
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George Rogers Clark
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the frontiersman whose expidition put the frontiersmen in a much safer position for the rest of the war.
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privateers
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private vessels commissioned by the Congress or the state goverrment which were armed with guns and commissioned to attack British ships
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John Paul Jones
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the captian of the Bonhomme Richard who said, "I have not yet begun to fight," when asked to surrender
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Bonhomme Richard
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John Paul Jones's ship
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Seripis
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the British war ship which encountered the Bonhomme Richard
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"Swamp Fox"
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Francis Marion
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"Fighting Game Cock"
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General Thomas Sumter
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Joseph Brant
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the Mohawk chief who helped the British in the American War for Independence and then became a missionary to his fellow Indians after the war
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Benedict Arnold
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the patriot who became a trator when he began to sell secrets to the British and agreed to surrender West Point in exchange for a large sum of money
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Battle of King's Mountain
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the battle which stopped a British invasion of North Carolina
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"Fighting Quaker"
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General Nathanael Greene; he reganed the South for the patriot cause
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General Thomas Sumter
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"Fighting Game Cock"
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Francis Marion
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"Swamp Fox"
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General Nathanael Greene
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"Fighting Quaker"
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Battle of Cowpens
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one of the few battles which the Americans lost to the British on the boundary between the Carolinas
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Yorktown, Virgina
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where Cornwallis and the British army surrendered to General Washinton
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Admiral de Grasse
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the French fleet which blocked the entrance to Chesapeake Bay, preventing Cornwallis from recieveing any help by sea
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Marquis de Lafayette
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the French commander who kept Cornwallis from marching up the peninsula and capturing the old city of Williamsburg
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Battle of Yorktown
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the last battle in the war for independence
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Treaty of Paris
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the treaty which officially ended the American War for Independence and gave America her independence
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