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26 Cards in this Set
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repealed
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to be cancled
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Stamp Act
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-1765
-colonists taxed for purchases of a newspaperor pamphlet (or signed a legal document) |
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Pat Henry
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-member of House of Burgesses
-only Virginians could tax Virginians |
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Sam Adams
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wrote newspaper articals attacking Stamp act
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boycott
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to refuse to do business or to buy
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Crispus Attucks
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-former slave
-''the way to get rid of these soldiers is to attack the main guard.'' -killed in BOSTON MASSACRE |
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Abigail Adams
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-wife of John Adams
-''the flame is lit and like lightling it catches from soul to soul'' |
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minutemen
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had to be ready for battle in a min.
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John Hancock
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a leading Boston supporter of liberty
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concord
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where British marched to capture weapons the militia had stored there
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Lexington
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where the militia were given orders to be ready at the beat of the drum
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Tom Gage
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-commander of British forces in N America
-decided to take arms an gunpowder from Concord |
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Paul revere and Will Dawes
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rode to warn people that the British were coming
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John Parker
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assembled 70 men at the Lexington Common
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John Parker
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assembled 70 men at Lexington Common
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ETHAN ALLEN
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TRIED TO TAKE FORT TICONDEROGA WITH BENEDICT aRNOLD
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Bunker Hill
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where the British retreated on the third charge from the colonists
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loyalists
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remained loyal to Britain
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patriots
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supported the fight for independence
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Continental Army
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-George Washington was leader
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Tom Jefferson
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-Virginian
-delegate to congress -wrote Decloration of Ind ependence |
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traitors
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someone who turns against their country
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Henry Knox
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a former book-seller who was sent to Fort Ticonderoga
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Will Howe
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saw cannons aimed at him on March 5, 1776 when he awoke
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Thomas Paine
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published the pamplet COMMON SENSE
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