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| Overthrow of government/ruler & replace with new government |
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| No longer under someone else's control |
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| Event where colonists threw British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act(DECEMBER 1773) |
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| Named Commander in Chief of the Continental Army |
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| DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE |
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| Document approved & signed on July 4, 1776 stating America's independence from England |
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| Unjust taxes placed on American colonists causing them to rebel against the English |
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| King of England during the American Revolution |
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| War fought between French & British to decide who controlled North America |
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| Special unit of American militia "ready to stand at a minute's warning in case of alarm" |
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| Event before American Revolution where British soldiers fire on colonists (MARCH 1770) |
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| Colonists who remained loyal to the King |
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| Colonists ready to fight the British |
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| Famous midnight rider who warned the colonists of the British invasion |
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| Turning point of Revolutionary War; convinced France to join the colonists |
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| British surrender to American forces |
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