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| British moarch who reigned during the American Revolution |
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| act requiring the colonists to quarter, or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies |
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| law placing a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies |
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| law requiring all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax has been paid |
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| member of Virginia's House of Burgesses |
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| secret society formed to opposed British policies |
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| British proclamation that forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains |
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| sailor of African-American and Native American ancestry who died at the Boston Massacre |
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| incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonist |
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| acts passed by Parliament in 1767 to tax imports in the colonies |
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| search warrants used to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods |
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| organization of colonial women formed to protest British policies |
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| leader od the Boston Sons of Liberty |
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| committee of correspondence |
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| organization formed to exchange information about British policies and American restistance |
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| incident in1773, when colonists protested British policies by boarding British ships and throwing thier cargoes of tea overboard |
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| taxes placed on imported goods |
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| lawyer who defended British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre |
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| group of armed civillians, trained to be ready to fight "at a minute's warning" |
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| series of laws, known as the Coercive Acts, meant to punish Massachusettes and clamp down on resistance in other colonies |
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| First Continenal Congress |
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| meeting of delegates from most of the colonies, called in reaction to the Intolerable Acts |
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| Boston silversmith who rode into the countryside to spread news of British troop movement |
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| first battle of the Revolutionary War |
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| Americans who supported the British |
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| Americans who sided with the rebels |
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| a force of armed civilians pledged to defend thier community |
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| leader of a Patriot group of fighters known as the Green Mountain Boys |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| America's government during the Revolutionary War |
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| political radical and the author of Common Sense |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| document that declared American independence from Britain |
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| delegate from Virginia who wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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| when enemy forces surround a town or city in order to force in to surrender |
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