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20 Cards in this Set
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Battle of Saratoga
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turning point of the Revolutionary War, 1777
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Boston Massacre
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British soldiers shot colonists after being taunted;1770
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Boston Tea Party
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patriots threw chests of English tea in Boston Harbor to protest the tax on tea;1773
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Declaration of Independence
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a statement written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 that explained why the colonies should be independent from Great Britain
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English Bill of Rights
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a document protecting the constitutional rights of all English citizens.
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First Continental Congress
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meeting of a colonial delegates who discussed problems with and promoted independence from England;1774
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Inherent
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natural, unalienable rights
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Lexington And Concord
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Location of where the first shots were fired to begin the Revolutionary war;1775
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Magna Carta
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The charter of English political and civil liberties that gaurantees basic rights to individuals.
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Inherent
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natural, unalienable rights
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military campaignes
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a series of armed forces operations undertake to achieve certain goal in a war
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Parliament
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England's legislative body
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Philosophies
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ideas about a concept
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Proclaim of 1763
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issued by King George(England) closed the western frontier in Americs to colonial settlement
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Stamp Act
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passed by British Parlament requiring stamps on all legal documents:1765
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Surrender at Yortown
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Battle which marked the end of the Revolutionary War war; Cornwallis surrendered to Washington
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Stamp Act
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passed by British Parlament requiring stamps on all legal documents:1765
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Treaty of Paris
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the document that officaly ended the revolutinary war and recognized american independence
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unalienable rights
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privileges that are due to a person and cannot be transferred to another or other
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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
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Virginia law written by Thomas Jefferson and passed in 1786 that gave Virginians the right to worship in whichever way the pleased.
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