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10 Cards in this Set
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American Revolution
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The war between Great Britian and it's thirteen American Colonies from 1775 to 1883.
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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A British victory in 1775 over colonial forces in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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Boston Tea Party
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As a protest against a British tax on tea, colonists disguised as Native Americans dumped tea from British ships into Boston Harbor.
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Boston Massacre
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A group of British soldiers fired upon unruly colonists on March 5, 1770, killing five men.
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First Continental Congress
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The assembly of delegates from every colony except Georgia that met secretly in 1774 in Philadelphia to discuss liberty.
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Intolerable Acts
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Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 that closed Boston Harbor, dissolved the Massachusetts assembly and forced colonists to house British soldiers.
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militia
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A group of volunteers who fought during the Colonial period.
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minutemen
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Well-trained volunteer soldiers who were ready to fight at a minute's notice.
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Sons of Liberty
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A group of colonists who protested against the British government.
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Stamp Act
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A law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, and any other published document.
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