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35 Cards in this Set
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a nation that joins with other nations for the same cause
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to surrender something
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cede
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an official government announcement
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proclamation
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a person selected to act for others
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representative
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to end
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repeal
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a public statement
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declaration
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a sudden, complete change of government
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revolution
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an army of citizens used in emergencies
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militia
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an action to keep supplies from getting into or out of an area
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blockade
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a colonist who remained loyal to Great Britain
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Loyalist
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not favoring either side in a quarrel or war
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neutral
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France and its Indian allies defend the Ohio River Valley from English settlement and the British troops, loyal colonists & Indian allies.
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French & Indian War
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A skirmish between Boston colonists and British soldiers in which 5 colonists were killed including Chrispus Attucks a runaway slave
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Boston Massacre
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1765 - forced colonist to buy stamps for all printed material
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Stamp Act
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a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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the dumping of 18,000 pounds of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act.
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Boston Tea Party
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the document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, in which the delegates of the Continental Congress declared the colonies' independence from Britain
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Declaration of Independence
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French-speaking settlers in British Nova Scotia refused to swear loyalty to the British government and were deported to Louisiana, France and other countries. Known as Cajuns in Louisiana today.
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Acadian Deportation
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a young colonel of a militia that attacked French Fort Necessity and was forced to surrender which started the French & Indian war in 1754
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George Washington
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prevented English colonists from settling in the Ohio River Valley because British leaders felt it would reduce trade, taxes and loyalty to England
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Proclamation of 1763
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a colonist who supported American independence from Britain
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Patriot
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an antifederalist who feared strong government and taxation & said "Give me Liberty or give me death"
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Patrick Henry
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author of the Declaration of Independence and 3rd President of the United States
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Thomas Jefferson
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a French general who helped train American troops in the Revolutionary War
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Marquis de Lafayette
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Commander of the British army in the Revolutionary War
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General Lord Cornwallis
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representatives of all colonies except Georgia met and sent a Declaration of American Rights to Great Britain in 1774
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First Continental Congress
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Colonial leaders met in Philadelphia in 1775 to write the Olive Branch Petition or a peaceful solution to their problems but chose Washington to lead the army
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Second Continental Congress
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70 Minutemen met at Lexington Green to stop a large British force & 5 were killed; but at North Bridge the Minutemen forced General Gage to return to Boston.
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Lexington & Concord
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a petition drafted at the 1st Continental Congress to ask Britain to accept a peaceful solution to the dispute
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Olive Branch Petition
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France joined the U.S. by treaty after the Continental victory at Saratoga; later Spain, Holland, & Germany lent money or military leadership to the colonists.
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Patriot Allies
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British General Cornwallis gets trapped on a peninsula near Yorktown, VA. & the French navy kept the British ships from rescueing his army
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Battle of Yorktown
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In 1783 American & British leaders signed a treaty in Paris to end the war making the American colonies an independent nation
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Treaty of Paris
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the colonial militia fight British forces in Boston & show they can win a battle against English troops. It led to a blockade of supply ships & hiring of Hessian (German) mercenary soldiers
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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colonists who rode from town to town warning the minutemen that "The Redcoats are coming"
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Paul Revere, William Dawes & Samuel Prescott
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a document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 declaring the reasons why delegates of the Continental Congress declare the colonies independence from Britain.
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Declaration of Independence
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