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| Western PA river valley where the French and British fought for control |
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| Franklin plan for a union of colonies for their mutual defense |
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| Indian confederacy that remained neutral until the victor appears obvious |
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| Fort where young George Washington was forced to surrender |
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| British prime minister who committed the resources necessary to ensure British victory |
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| This act levied a tax in this Caribbean product that was used to make rum |
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| First direct tax levied on the colonists by this act |
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| Tho policy statement prohibited colonists from moving beyond the colonial boundaries |
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| This group met in Albany to discuss the British tax policy |
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| Repealed the specific direct tax but affirmed parliaments authority to levy taxes |
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| Posed as Mohawk Indians and dumped this previous cargo overboard at this event |
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| Man from Boston who was the most prominent member of the sons of liberty |
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| Event in 1770 involving British soldiers firing on civilians that led to increased rebel activity |
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| Committees of correspondence |
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| Groups of people throughout the colonies that kept each-other group informed about British activity |
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| Event at Narragansett bay that involved the burning of a British revenue cutter |
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| War began at these towns that the British suspected of housing military stores |
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| Cannons were captured here that provided for the relief of Boston |
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| Turning point of the American Revolution |
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| American army was transformed into a professional fighting force at Valley Forge by this man, "the drillmaster of Valley Forge" |
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| Battle that concluded the war |
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| Bolts in western Massachusetts involving foreclosure of farms |
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| Provided for the sale of Western lands |
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| Compromise that accounted for slaves in the population |
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| Inability of the confederate government to tax |
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| Greatest weakness of the confederacy |
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| Northwest ordinance of 1787 |
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| Provided the procedure for territories to become states |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Document that declared the colonies free from Britain |
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| Individuals who were loyal to the new American government |
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| Man that proposed the idea that government exists to serve people and that if government ceases to fulfill this function that people are obligated to overthrow it |
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| Thomas Paine wrote this influential pamphlet encouraged the colonists to support American independence |
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| System if trade that benefits the mother country at the expense of the colonies |
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| Branch of government that makes laws |
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