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| George III was the king of England during the War of ________. |
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| Patrick Henry was a Virginian who said in a famous speech,"_________!" |
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| "Give me liberty or give me death!" |
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| When British soldiers fired into a crowd and killed five colonists, the colony leaders named it the __________. |
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| The Second Continental Congress made ________ the commander of the American army. |
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| The first huge battle of the war took place on ________. |
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| Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the ________. |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| What did the "Act of Union" do? |
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| It joined Scotland and Wales together with England. |
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| Why did Parliament decide to pass laws requiring the colonists to pay taxes? |
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| They had spent thousands of pounds defending the American colonies during the Seven Years' War. |
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| What three items were taxed by the Stamp Act? |
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| newspapers, dice, and playing cards |
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| The War of American Independence began in the town of _______. |
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| In his pamphlet _______, Thomas Paine pleaded for Americans to break completely from England. |
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| Which country helped the Americans in their fight against Great Britain? |
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| In 1781, the British Commander, Lord Cornwallis, surrendered at _______. |
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| The _________ required the Americans to pay extra money for all sugar and molasses that came into American ports, unless the sugar came from Britain. |
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| During the _______, sixty men dressed as Indians dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. |
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| The _____ sent soldiers known as Minutemen to fight against the colonists. |
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| __________ warned the Americans that British soldiers were on the way to seize American weapons at Concord. |
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| The Americans suffered a huge defeat at the __________ in 1776. |
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| In 1783, the ________ signed an agreement giving the colonies independence. |
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| What did the colonists mean when they said, "No taxation without representation!"? |
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| That they shouldn't have to pay taxes because they did not have representatives in Parliament. |
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