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10 Cards in this Set
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export |
to sell goods aboard |
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imports |
goods from foreign markets |
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boycott |
to refuse something |
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propaganda |
ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion |
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repeal |
to cancel an act or law |
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revenue |
incoming money |
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Sir Thomas Gage |
commander of British troops instructed to take away the weapons of the Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders. |
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Lexington and Concord |
Paul Revere warned the 70 minutemen about Britishs plan at Lexington and Concord, So the men waited- The British killed 8 men. The British destroyed the remaining supplies of gunpowder. Militia killed 73 redcoats |
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Continental Congress |
55 men came together to establish a governed body to represent American intrist and challenge the British |
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The battle of Bunker Hill |
1,200 militiamen under the command of William Prescott set up fortifications at Bunker Hill- Americans ran out of weapons and therefore lost. Many British killed, over 1,000. |
