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30 Cards in this Set
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An incident in which 5 civilians were killed |
Boston Massacre |
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The southern continental army was destroyed here |
Battle of Charlestown |
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The organization that fought for the colonies |
Continental Army |
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Someone who wanted England to rule in the colonies |
Loyalists |
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Colonist who wanted independence from England |
Patriots |
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The place where Washington's army spent the winter of 1777 and 1778 |
Valley Forge |
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Tje turning point of the Revolutionary War |
Battle of Saratoga |
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Cornwallace surrendered here |
Battle of Yorktown |
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The formal document that listed the grievances of the colonist against the King of England |
Declaration of Independence |
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The shot heard around the world was fired here |
Lexington and Concord |
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Laws placing on a tax on lead, paint, and tea |
Townshend Acts |
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Series of laws meant to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party |
Intolerable Acts |
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British Decree that forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains |
Proclamation of 1763 |
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The Delegates voted to ban all trade with England |
First Continental Congress |
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The Delegates voted for the Declaration of Independence |
Second Continental Congress |
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He is known as the father of our country |
George Washington |
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A Prussian who trained soldiers at Valley Forge |
Baron Von Studen |
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Law required colonists to house troops |
Quarting Act |
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Tax on all printed materials and documents |
Stamp Act |
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The protest against the British Tea Act |
Boston Tea Party |
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People who served in the millita and we're ready to fight all the time |
Minutemen |
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Search warrants allowing British soldiers to search homes for smuggled goods |
Writs of Assistance |
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Leader of the sons of Liberty |
Samuel Adams |
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Group of people who opposed British policies |
Sons of Liberty |
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He wrote the Declaration of Independence |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Sailed to England and attacked British ships |
John Paul Jones |
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Allowing the colonies to rule themselves by the British |
Salutary neglect |
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Helped build the Wilderness road through the Cumberland Gap |
Daniel Boone |
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He was famous for saying "give me liberty or give me death" |
Patrick Henry |
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Prussian me canaries hired by the king to fight the colonists |
Hessians |
