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| country that ruled the original 13 colonies |
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| goods brought into a country from other countries |
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| goods shipped to other countries to be sold |
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| money paid to the government to run the country |
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| "No taxation without representation" |
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| a slogan developed in the colonies because people felt it was not fair to pay taxes to a government in which they had no voice |
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| colonists' response to the tax on tea |
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| a young black worker, who was killed at the Boston Massacre |
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| incident on March 5, 1770, in which British redcoats killed five civilian men |
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| a government in which the people take part |
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| A group of male revolutionaries who wanted the colonists to be free from England |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| the document written mainly by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, officially declaring America’s independence from Britain. |
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| made a famous ride in the night to warn the people of Massachusetts that the British were coming. |
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| The war in which America fought against Britain in the 1700’s to gain independence |
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| The fighting that marked the beginning of the Revolutionary War took place in the Massachusetts cities of, "Shot Heard Round the World" |
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| American colonists who were against the British |
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| the leader of the American army during the Revolutionary War |
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| wrote Common Sense and urged Americans to break away from Britain |
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| Washington’s army spent a terrible winter in _______, Pennsylvania where many men died or deserted. |
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| helped as a nurse and knitted socks and scarves for the soldiers at Valley Forge. |
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| Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley, carried water to the soldiers during the battles, and she picked up the ramrod to help fire the cannons after her husband was killed in the fighting. |
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| wrote her husband, John Adams, to remind him that the framers of the Declaration of Independence should “remember the ladies” when they were creating their new country |
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| American colonists who wanted to stay as a British colony and remain loyal to the English king |
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| a Philadelphia printer who was also a diplomat for the American colonies to France. He helped convince many who were undecided about the cause of independence at the Continental Congress to vote for freedom from England |
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| one of the early leaders in the movement for independence. He helped Jefferson write the Declaration of Independence and later became the second President of the United States. |
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| a Virginia representative who wanted independence so much that he stood on the floor of the hall in Philadelphia and shouted, “Give me liberty or give me death!” |
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| a young French nobleman who came to America to help the colonies win their independence from England |
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| countries that are friends in war |
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| The American victory at ____ led France to join America’s side in the Revolutionary War |
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| proved that the Patriots had won the Revolutionary War. |
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| The agreement between the Americans and the British that ended the Revolutionary War |
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| three branches of government |
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| executive, legislative, and judicial |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| The first plan of government for the new country after the Revolutionary War was called ... |
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| was the plan that decided how each state would be represented in Congress |
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| protects freedom of speech |
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| first president of the United States |
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| first 10 amendments to the Constitution |
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| the capital of the United States |
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| created to please the South, which wanted slaves counted for purposes of representation but not for taxation |
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