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36 Cards in this Set
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Proclomation |
to protect indians and fur traders |
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sugar act |
lowered an earlier tax to get colonist to pay taxes |
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stamp act |
tax on legal documents caused colonists to riot and set homes onfire |
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quartering act |
made colonist house the british and feed them and leave there homes |
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town stead act |
to pay saleries to colonieal goveners taxed glass paper silk lead and tea |
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boston massacre |
5 colonist killed |
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tea act |
to stop tea smuggling |
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intolerable act |
to punish massachusets 1 american crimanals tried in england 2 shut port of boston 3 have permission to have town meetings 4 citizens had to house the british solders |
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quebec act |
to stop colonist from claming canada |
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lexington concord |
1st shots fired minute men were storing a large supply of weapons |
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who wrote common sense |
thomas paine |
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why did the writer think we should break away from britin |
1 we were already in war 2 we are 3000 miles away from them 3 no advanteges |
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who wrote the decleration of independance |
thomas jefferson |
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what are the 3 unalienable rights |
1 life 2 liberty 3 pursuit of happyness |
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what 3 strats did the u.s and french use to defeat the british in york town |
1 french navy on water 2 trapped british on peninsula 3 french and americans on land |
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first major battle |
bunker hill |
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date the decleration of independance signed |
july 4 1776 |
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what were two important out comes of the sarotoga battle |
1 turning point of war 2 french enter war on americas side |
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what reigon of the country was lost at the battle of charelston |
south |
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what is the importance of lexington concord |
1st shots fired |
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battle victories |
american british 1 lexington concored 1 bunker hill 2 trenton 2 brandywine 3 saratoga 3 long island 4 monmouth 4 charleston 5 kings mountain 6 york town |
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george washington |
commander of continental army |
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thomas gage |
sent troops to lexington concord to destroy ammo and guns |
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sir william howe |
2nd commander cheif in british army |
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eathan allen |
lead troops to take ticonderoga from the british |
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nathanlell green |
kept cornwallis from taking north carolina |
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lord charels cornwallis |
eventuraly trapped at york town lat major battle of the war |
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lafeyyete |
used his influence and wealth to convince french governor to aid colonist |
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deborah simpson |
disguised her self as a man to fight i the war |
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lydia darragh |
could not join army so became a spy for the continental army |
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james armstead |
sent info to continental army about the british |
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benidict arnoled |
became a tratior spyed for the british |
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benjerman franklin |
helped colonist gain independance with speaking skills and writing skills |
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henry clinton |
lied to corn wallis said he would send troops to york town but did not |
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daniel morgan |
led the british on a chase all over the south |
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jhon paul jones |
most famous victory against british ships the serapis |
