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13 Cards in this Set
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Derogatory term for British soldiers
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Lobsterbacks
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The war between the British and the colonists
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Revolutionary War
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Derogatory term for British soldiers
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Lobsterbacks
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Those who supported the British cause in the Revolution
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Tories
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American Revolutionary War general responsible for the capture of the British at Fort Ticonderoga;later found to be a traitor
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Benedict Arnold
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One of the two legislative congresses orgnized by the colonists during and after the Revolutionary War
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Continental Congress
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Patriotic party that supported the Revolution
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Whigs
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Colonials loyal to the King of England
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Loyalists
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On April 19, 1775, the British sent troops from Boston to investigate the allegation that the colonists were stockpiling weapons in Massachusetts; considered the beginnning of the Revolutionary War
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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Soldiers fighting for the colonial cause
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Rebels
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American militia men ready for instant military service
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Minutemen
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Patriotic party that supported the Revolution
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Whigs
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Derogatory term for British soldiers
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Lobsterbacks
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