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| Military blockade of a city or fort |
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| American colonial militia members who were supposed to be ready to fight at a minute's notice |
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| British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American Revolution; so called because of their bright red uniforms |
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| Army created by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to defend the American colonies from Britian |
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| The British General who decided to take away the colonist's weapons and ammunition and stored them at Concord. |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| First meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to increased taxes and abuses of authority by the British Government |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| Meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to react to fighting at Lexington and Concord. |
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| He was selected to be the first commander of the Continental Army |
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| Peace request sent by the Second Continental Congress to Britain's King George III, who rejected it. |
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| This Revolutionary War battle in Boston demonstrated that the colonists could fight well against the British army. |
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| Basic human rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness |
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| Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that criticized monarchies and convinced many American colonists of the need to break away from Britain. |
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| This person wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense" |
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| The main author of the Declaration of Independence |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| Statement of the Second Continental Congress that defined the colonists' rights, outlined their complaints against Great Britain, and declared the colonies' independence |
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| Americans who fought for independence from Great Britain during the Revolution War |
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| Colonists who sided with Britain in the American Revolution |
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| This person wrote a letter asking for the protection of the rights of women in the Declaration of Independence |
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| A secret society formed in the mid-1700's by colonists to protest new taxes and to frighten the tax collectors |
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| A women's group that used boycotts of British cloth to support the colonies' resistance to the British |
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| An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry colonists, killing five people. |
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| A protest against the Tea Act in which a group of colonists boarded British Tea Ships and dumbed some 340 chests of tea into Boston Harbor |
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| A set of laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to tighten government control of the colonies. |
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| Laws passed by Parliament placing duties or taxes on certain items imported by the colonists |
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| To refuse to buy certain goods;method often used in protest movements |
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| Law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonists. |
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| He said "Give me liberty or give me death!" |
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| Law passed by Parliament that raised tax money by requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents |
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| The British Monarch who did not want to grant the colonies their independence |
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| An army made up of civilians serving temporarily as soldiers. |
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| Another name for Loyalists |
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| oppressive power exerted by a government or ruler |
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