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63 Cards in this Set
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Thomas Paine
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January 10, 1776, he published a short pamphlet, Common Sense, which immediately established his reputation as a revolutionary propagandist
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HMS Cerberus
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British Royal Navy
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Thomas Jefferson
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was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and one of the most influential Founding Fathers for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States.
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Lord Dartmouth
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British-appointed secretary of state for the American colonies to inform him of his belief that the British army should be evacuated from Boston to Rhode Island; tried controlling VA and shut down house of bugessess
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H.W. Longfellow
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Born in Maine; wrote "Paul Revere's Ride"
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Bunker Hill
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June 17, 1775 on Breed's Hill during the American Revolutionary War; British victory though lost many of their men compared to the Colonies
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Banastre Tarleton
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was an outstanding British soldier and politician "Bloody Ban" and "Butcher"
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Trenton
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December 26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War after General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton, New Jersey surprise attack against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton, Amer wins!
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Great Bridge
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was fought December 9, 1775, in the area of Chesapeake, Virginia, during the American Revolutionary War. The victory by the Continental Army was responsible for removing Lord Dunmore
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John Burgoyne
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British army officer; October 17, 1777, plan of invading the American colonies from Canada ended in his surrender at Saratoga, N. Y.
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King George III
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Mentally crazy; king of Great Britain and Ireland
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John Locke
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English philosopher; social contract theory
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Yorktown (1781)
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General George Washington's resounding defeat of Lord Cornwallis's British army;
causing the British to surrender and effectively ending the American Revolutionary War; French helped Americans |
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Horatio Gates
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Americans against the British and loyalist Americans; credited with the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga
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Valley Forge
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Philadelphia winter, was the campground of 11,000 troops of George Washington's Continental Army
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Hessians
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German soldiers that helped Britain
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The Franco-American Alliance
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The Continental Congress enters a formal alliance with France, which provides money, weapons, and soldiers
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The Treaty of Paris (1783)
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formally ended the American Revolutionary War
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The Sons and Daughters of Liberty
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opposed stamp act; mostly tradesmen, laborers, and shopkeepers
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General Thomas Gage
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was a British general and colonial governor in America. His aggressive actions against the colonists contributed to the American Revolution. In 1774 he became governor of Massachusetts, enforce the Intolerable Acts. who ordered the troops to Lexington and Concord in April 1775. After the Battle of Bunker Hill, he was recalled to England.
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The Boston massacre
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the killing of five men by British soldiers on March 5, 1770) was the culmination of civilian-military tensions that had been growing since royal troops first appeared in Massachusetts in October 1768.
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Comm. of Correspondence
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Groups appointed by the legislatures of all 13 American colonies to provide a means of intercolonial communication promoting 1st continential congress
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The Galloway Plan
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join with britain
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Tory/Loyalists
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British supporters
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Crispus Attucks
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A. American killed in Boston Massace
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Sam Adams
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organized the protest against the Stamp Act (1765) (and Townsend Acts) and was a founder of the Sons of Liberty.
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Battle of Charleston
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British forces capture Charleston, South Carolina, as part of the Southern strategy
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Ticonderoga
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at a fort in Lake Champlain, New York State; it was surprised and capatured by Americans; British victory
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Declaration of Independence
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independence of the American colonies from Great Britain. (John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson,)
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Richard Henry Lee
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American statesman from Virginia best known for the motion in the Second Continental Congress calling for the colonies' independence from Great Britain.
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Acadia
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lands in a portion of the French colonial empire; French decents that moved from Maine to New Orleans
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The Albany Plan of Union
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by ben franklin; It was an early attempt at forming a union of colonies that would unite English colonists with mainland England to assist in defending the New World during the French and Indian War; never helped
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George Washington
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Commander in Chief of the Continental forces; The Continental Congress commissions George Washington to lead the Continental Army
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The French and Indian War
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War with the French/Indians and Colonies; also known as the seven years' war
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George Grenville
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Prime Minister of England that decided to tax the colonies
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Sir Henry Clinton
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was sent to Boston and distinguished himself in the Battle of Bunker Hill (1775); Commander in Chief and Cornwalis
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The Stamp Act
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first direct tax imposed by Britain on its American colonies (on paper items). To help cover the cost of maintaining troops in the colonies
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The Quartering Act
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British forces in the American colonies to ensure that British troops had adequate housing and provisions
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Baron Von Steuben
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Prussian army officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. He trained and drilled General Washington's army at Valley Forge
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Abigail Adams
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wife of john adams; advocated equal education for women, and spoke out frequently against slavery. Written many letters
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The Declaratory Act
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English have all rights to tax America
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Saratoga (1777)
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New york; The Americans forced the surrender of Burgoyne’s force; permanently ended British hopes of dividing the colonies along the Hudson River
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Benedict Arnold
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American Revolutionary general and America's most infamous traitor.
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Lord Dunmore
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Royal Governor of the Colony of Virginia before Rev. War
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William Pitt
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Britain's new prime minister; leader to stop F and I war that decided to attack British navy.
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The Townsend Act
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Tax on imports; import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
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John Dickinson
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United States statesman known as the “penman of the Revolution.” He wrote almost every important document of the Colonial and Continental congresses up to the Declaration of Independence and drafted the Articles of Confederation; one of the founding fathers
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The Coercive Acts/ Intolerable Acts
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Passed by Thomas Gage(British)... response to the boston tea party; stopped port of Boston; shut down Patriot gov't
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Lord North's Compromise
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British Prime Minister, Frederick Lord North, secured Parliament's enactment of a proposal to negotiate peace with the Americans
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The Boston Tea Party
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boycotting Acts by dumping the tea into the harbor
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The First and Second Continental Congress
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creation of a national government
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The Prohibitory Act
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Great Britain's way of retaliating against an American revolt; stopped colonial trade
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Paul Revere
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American patriot and silversmith; when he rode from Charlestown to Lexington, Mass., on the night of Apr. 18, 1775, to warn the countryside of approaching British troops
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Sugar Act
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tax on sugar, wine, etc.
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Tea Act
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The act was passed to allow the British East India Company to sell tea to the colonists, but the tea included a British tax.
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John Adams
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founder of U.S. and 2nd president;
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Justice Act
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To assure trials more conducive to the Crown than the prejudices of local juries, the act granted a change of venue to another British colony or Great Britain in trials of officials charged with a crime growing out of their enforcement of the law or suppression of riots
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Gen. Dan Morgan
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general in the American Revolution, who defeated the British at the Battle of Cowpens
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Battle of Cowpens (1781)
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S. Carolina, Americans against the British and loyalist Americans; Amer. Win.
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Patrick Henry
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written protest in Ny with 9 colonies
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Lexington and Concord (1775)
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Boston, MASS.; Americans win and its the start of the war. Thomas GAGE british general.
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Gen. Nathaniel Greene
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Quaker; American General in the Revolutionary War who was an aide and confidant of Gen. George Washington.
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Navigation Act
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trade had to go through Britain
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