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18 Cards in this Set
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A phrase used by the colonists who opposed the taxes imposed by Parliament
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Taxation without Representation
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This tax was a tax on paper documents
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The Stamp Act
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This tax was a tax on British goods imported to the colonies.
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The Towhshend Acts
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This law closed Boston Harhor, cancelled town meetings, and forced the housing of English soldiers.
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The Intolerable Acts
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This document listed ideas for self-government and listed the wrongs done by King George.
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The Declaration of Independence
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This is a person who supports his or her country.
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Patriot
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This person served as
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George Washington
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This person spoke out against "Taxation without Representation" at St. John's Church. He is known for the phrase 'Give me liberty or give me death."
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Patrick Henry
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This event is known as " the shot heard around the world." This was the first battles of the Revolutionary War.
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The battles of Lexington and Concord.
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This battle is considered the "turning point of the war." The French entered the war on the side of the colonies.
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Battle of Saratoga
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This battle was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War. General Cornwallis surrendered his troops to General Washington.
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The Battle of Yorktown
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This battle showed the British that the colonists would be hard to beat.
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The Battle of Bunker Hill,
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This document, signed in 1783, officially ended the American Revolution.
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The Treaty of Paris of 1783.
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Some of the African slaves fought for the English for this reason.
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They were promised their freedom.
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This African slave from Virginia served as a spy in the Continental Army.
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James Armistead Lafayette
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This event was a fight between the colonists in Boston and some British soldiers. Shots were fired and people were killed.
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Boston Massacre
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Members of the Sons of Liberty dumped tea in the Boston Harbor to protest a monopoly granted by the king to the East India Tea Company.
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Boston Tea Party
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These colonial soldiers served in a local army.
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militia
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