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| Elected legislative body in each colony |
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| Passed in 1764, it placed a tax on sweet goods brought into the colonies. |
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| Mob action that dumped tea into Boston Harbor |
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| Slogan about taxes, a rallying cry for colonists |
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| "no taxation without representation" |
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| Rights the colonists insisted they had |
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| War that the British paid for by raising the colonists' taxes |
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| the French and Indian War |
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| Peace agreement that greatly expanded British control of North America |
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| 1765 law requiring a tax on all written documents |
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| Refusal by the colonists to buy British or taxed goods |
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| Riot in which British soldiers shot some Boston colonists |
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| Trading company given the sole right to bring tea into the colonies |
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| the British East India Company |
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| Harsh laws passed to punish the Massachusetts Colony |
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| Philadelphia meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in 1774 |
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| the First Continental Congress |
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| The three types of the 13 British colonies |
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| royal, proprietary, and self-governing colonies |
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| Economic theory that colonies existed for the benefit of the mother country |
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| Laws that restricted colonial trade to English merchants and ships (1651-1750) |
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| Act restating Parliament's right to pass laws on all colonial matters |
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| Series of laws taxing colonial trade, starting in 1767 |
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| Laws that protected the rights of French Catholics and extended Canadian boundaries |
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| Commander of the colonial army |
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| Main author of the Declaration of Independence |
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| King of England during the American Revolution |
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| Boston silversmith who made a famous "midnight ride" |
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| Slang term for a British soldier |
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| Colonial soldiers who could be ready to fight quickly |
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| German soldiers paid to fight for the English |
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| People who opposed the split with England |
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| People who favored the split with England |
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| First man to sign the Declaration of Independence |
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| Frenchman who was Washington's trusted aide |
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| Prussian officer who trained American troops |
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| Patriot author of Common Sense |
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| British general who surrendered his army to end the war |
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| American ambassador to France during the war |
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| Man who said, "Give me liberty or give me death." |
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| Important author of the Constitution and fourth U.S. president |
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| Leader of the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts |
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| The two outstanding Polish officers who served in the American army |
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| Casimir Pulaski and Thaddeus Kosciusko |
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| The three men who represented America at the peace conference |
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| Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and John Adams |
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| Colonial lawyer and Patriot who defended British soldiers after the Boston killings |
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| Site of the Continental Congress |
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| Winter headquarters of Washington's army in 1777-8 |
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| Site of famed battle in Boston |
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| Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill) |
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| New York fort that Benedict Arnold planned to turn over to the British |
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| Colony that took the lead in disobeying British laws |
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| Ocean separating England and the colonies |
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| Colonial harbor closed by the British |
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| Britain gained all territory east of this river from France. |
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| Massachusetts towns where colonial troops first fired on British troops |
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| The British planned to cut the colonies in two along this river. |
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| Site of a major American victory in New York in 1777 |
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| Site of final American victory in 1781 |
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| City where the peace treaty was negotiated |
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| Bodies of water on the new northern boundary of the United States |
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| Spanish territory that marked the new southern boundary of the United States |
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| English settlers in this territory gained rights after the war. |
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| The two self-governing colonies |
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| Connecticut and Rhode Island |
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| The two Canadian cities the colonists tried to seize in 1775 |
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| City evacuated by the British in 1776 after a colonial siege |
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| City where the American army was almost trapped |
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| City where the British army spent the winter of 1777-8 |
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| State that did not take part in the Constitutional Convention |
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| Document that explained why the colonies had to separate from England |
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| the Declaration of Independence |
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| The new nation formed by the colonies |
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| the United States of America |
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| Document that created a new form of government in 1789 |
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| the Constitution of the United States |
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| Type of government like ancient Rome's that the U.S. Constitution established |
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| The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution |
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| British strength lay in the size and power of these forces. |
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| U.S. system of gov't - powers divided between central government and individual states |
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| Group that met in 1775 and voted to declare independence |
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| the Second Continental Congress |
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| Condition of all men, according to the Declaration |
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| "created equal and/or with unalienable rights" |
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| Power that the Continental Congress did not have but needed |
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| Major European power that became an American ally in 1778 |
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| Agreement establishing the first postwar government |
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| the Articles of Confederation |
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| Fighting force of each state or colony |
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| Under the Articles, the United States had none of these courts. |
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| Americans' preferred way of fighting |
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| guerrilla style ("Indian style") |
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| The three negative characteristics of the American army |
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| untrained, poorly organized, inadequately equipped |
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| Peace agreement that settled the war in 1783 |
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| British act divided Canada into two provinces, one mostly British and one mostly French |
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| European countries that had claims on the North American continent in 1783 |
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| Great Britain, France, Spain, and Russia |
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