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10 Cards in this Set
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1st cont. congress
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determine how the colonies should react to intrusions on rights and liberties.wanted to protest parliamentary acts & restore the relations w/ crown
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suffolk resolves
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rejected intolerable acts and asked for repeal.urged militia preps.and boycotts against brit.
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dec.of rights and grievances
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asked king to make right colonial grievances and restore colonial rights.
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paul revere/will.dawes
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warned militia of brit. approach
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lexington/concord
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gen.thom gage led brit.to seize colony militry equip.on brit. return 250 casualties by colonists
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battle of bunker hill
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mass. farmers fort. breed's hill. brit. forces attacked,took hill,and lost more than thousand pple
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2nd cont.congress
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one group wanted to declare indp.other wanted to form new relation. w/ Grt.brit
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decl.of the causes and necessities for taking up arms
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congress called for troops,made g.wash commander troops and led mass.militia
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olive branch petition
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pldged loyalty to king and asked king to rep.colony in parliamnt to secure peace and protect colonial rights
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prohibitory act
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declared colonies in rebellion,later stoppd trade and shipp btwn eng./am
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