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23 Cards in this Set
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Regulator |
a backcountry person who wanted to regulate, or control, his or her own life. |
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Petition |
a written request from a group of people |
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congress |
a group of leaders who meet to discuss a subject. North Carolina sent Joseph Hewes, Richard Caswell, and William Hooper. |
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Stamp Act |
A law passed by Britain in 1765 that taxed anything printed on paper. The British ended the Stamp Act in 1766. |
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Boston Tea Party |
In 1773 the colonist reacted to a British tax on tea by dumping tea overboard. |
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edenton tea party |
Penelope Barker had 51 women sign a petition not to drink tea or buy British clothes. |
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revolution |
a fight to remove a government from power. |
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Patriot |
someone who wanted freedom from British rule |
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Loyalist |
someone who wanted the colonies to remain part of Britain. |
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delegate |
a person chosen to act and speak for others |
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independence |
freedom from the rule of another country |
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surrender |
to give up control |
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Moores Creek Bridge |
The first battle of the American Revolution that took place in the southern colonies in February 1776 |
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Halifax Resolves |
Document that told North Carolina delegates to vote for independence from Great Britain. It made North Carolina the first colony to support independence. |
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Joseph Hewes, John Penn, & William Hooper |
Delegates from North Carolina who signed the Declaration of Independence |
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Declaration of Independence |
Document written by Thomas Jefferson and four others explaining why the colonies should be free of British rule. It was signed on July 4, 1776. |
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George Washington |
Leader of American soldiers during the Revolutionary war. First President of the US. |
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Battle of King's Mountain |
In 1781, the Over-Mountain Men defeated British troops by firing from behind rocks and trees. |
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Nathanael Greene |
Leader of the Continental Army in the South. |
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Guilford Courthouse |
One of the largest southern battles of the war. The British won, but had many casualties. |
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Zachariah Jacobs |
African-American from Brunswick County who fought alongside the patriots. |
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Yorktown |
On October 18, 1781 the Continental Army forced Cornwallis's surrender. |
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Eight years |
The length of the Revolutionary War |
