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10 Cards in this Set
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Gaspee |
british ship located off Rhode Island, in june 1772, burnt by colonists |
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Thomas Jefferson |
suggested each colony should create a Committee of Correspondence to communicate, also wrote the Declaration of Independence (in Committee of Writers) |
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Tea Act |
Parliament passed a tax that would make the companies' tea cheaper than the smuggled Dutch tea. |
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Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) |
King was pissed about tea party passed acts to punish Mass. |
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Patrick Henry |
one of the 55 delegates to meet in Philadelphia. said "Give me liberty, or give me death." |
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Loyalists |
(Tories) american colonists who remained loyal to the king and felt the british law should be kept |
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Patriots |
(Whigs) americans who wanted change and saw the king as a tyrant |
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Paul Revere |
one of the people to warn that the british are coming, passes through lexington |
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Battle of Lexington |
april 19, gage's men arrived in lexington and 70 minutemen were there, shots were fired signifying the beginning of the Revolution |
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Battle of Bunker Hill |
June 17 1775, gage sent red coats to attack boston. American Prescott said "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" retreated after running out of amo. It gave them confidence thinking they could stand up to the british |
