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| Conflict between France and England, aka the war of the Sanish Succession |
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| Conflict between France and England, aka war of the Austrian succession |
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| 1754-1763 Conflict between England and France aka The Seven Years War |
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| Franklin’s idea of unifying the colonies during French and Indian War |
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| Prime Minister of Britain 1766-1768 |
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1763 document ending 7 Years War establishing British
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Native American uprising protesting British rule in Ohio
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British attempt to separate colonists from Native
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| open-ended search warrant |
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| American lawyer who opposed taxation without representation |
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| PA frontiersmen who slaughtered Indians after Pontiac’s Rebellion |
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| British law taxing imports from French Caribbean islands |
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| courts dealing with trade laws |
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| British attempt to raise revenue in colonies by taxing printed goods |
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| denied Parliament's right to tax the colonies |
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| colonial organization formed in opposition to taxes |
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| VA leader in opposition to British taxes |
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| group opposing British taxes by any means |
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| Act of Parliament asserting their right to rule and tax colonies |
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| Act Parliament requiring colonies to house British soldiers |
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| Parliamentary acts establishing taxes in colonial imports |
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| Leader of colonial opposition in Boston |
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| Five Americans killed by British soldiers during mob scene |
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| African-American killed at Boston Massacre |
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| defended British soldiers accused of murder at Boston Massacre |
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| Royal governor of Massachusetts |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| System of communication between colonial governments |
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| Prime Minister during the American Revolution |
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| Tax act lowering taxes and establishing monopoly for East India Company |
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| Parliamentary acts to close down Boston following the Boston Tea Party |
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| Parliamentary act granting more local control for French Canadians |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| Assembly of colonial representatives before independence |
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| First battles of the American Revolution |
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| Battle of Breed's Hill, costly victory for British |
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| Wrote Common Sense encouraging independence |
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| Judicial decision abolishing slavery in MA |
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| Wife of John Adams, early advocate of women's rights |
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| Woman writer/scholar of the American Revolution |
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| French volunteer for American Continental Army |
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| Financier of the American Revolution |
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| Attempt to remove Washington as commander of Continental Army |
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| Final battle of American Revolution, defeat of Cornwallis |
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| Document officially ending War for Independence |
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| The end of state supported churches in the new states |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| First constitution of the United States |
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| Frontier forts in US territory occupied by British after the war |
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| Plan for adding new states passed by Confederation |
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| Violent uprising challenging the authority of MA and US |
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| Meeting to draft new Constitution |
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| "Father of the Constitution", wrote the Virginia Plan |
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| CT Proposal for equal and proportional representation |
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| Proposed national government favoring large states |
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| Proposed national government favoring small states |
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| Historical interpretation stating economic causes for Constitution |
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| Leaders opposed to the Constitution |
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| Leaders in support of the Constitution |
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| Refused to sign the Constitution because it didn't defend individual rights |
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