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20 Cards in this Set
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American Revolution
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the war between Great Britian and the thirteen colonies from 1775-1783 that led to founding the USA
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Assembly
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A law making body .
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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Costly British "victory" over colonial forces at a site near Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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Boston Tea Party
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A 1773 protest against British , colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
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Boycott
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To refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group or country or product.
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committees of correspondence
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Groups organized in the 1770's to keep colonists informed of important events.
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delegate
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a member of an elected assembly
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first continental congress
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The assembly of colonial delegates from every colony except Georgia that met in 1774 in Philadelphia to oppose th intolerable acts.
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Intolerable Acts
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The 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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Liberty
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Freedom
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militia
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A group of volunteers who fought in times of emergency during the colonial period and the American Revolution
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minutemen
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well trained volunteer soldiers who defended American colonies against the British at a minutes notice
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petition
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a written request signed by many people
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rebel
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to oppose those in charge even to the fighting them with weapons because of different ideas about what is right.
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sons of liberty
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Group of Colonists who organized themselves to protest against the British government
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Stamp act
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A law passed buy the British parliament in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents and even playing cards.
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repeal
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to withdraw or cancel
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Town meeting
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gathering of a town's citizens to discuss and solve local problems.
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Townsend Acts
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Taxes passed by the parliament in 1767 for the goods bought into the colonies.
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treason
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The betrayal of one's country by giving help to an enemy.
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