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| Who opposed any compromise with the American colonists? |
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| Which colonists wanted to fight the British for American independence? |
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| George Washington was chosen commander of the Continental Army upon the recommendation of ___. |
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| Whose letters to her husband suggested increased rights for women? |
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| What act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies? |
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| Colonial leaders used the Boston Massacre killings as _____. |
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| To search a colonist's house, a British customs officer presented a ___. |
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| Which colonists did not consider unfair taxes a good reason for rebellion? |
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| The British government tried to stop smuggling with the ______. |
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| Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? |
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| Who ran the first post office established by the Second Continental Congress? |
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| "The shot heard 'round the world" reersto the actions of the minutemen at ___. |
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| George Grenville's first action in the colonies was to take action against ___. |
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| Who lead the Green Mountain Boys? |
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| Which act gave the British Parliamen the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever." |
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| Who persuaded the House of Burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act? |
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| The colonists expressed their desire for peace in the ___. |
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| The king and Parliament viewed the American colonies as a ___. |
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| The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from moving west of the ___. |
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| Prevented supplies being shipped to Boston. |
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| Victim in Boston Massacre. |
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| Shouted, "The regulars are out!" |
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| Some colonists became ___ because they were officeholders who would lose their positions as a result of a revolution. |
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| Great Britain issued the Proclamation of 1763 after the ___ War. |
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| In response to unpopular laws and acts of the British king and Parliament, the ___met in Philadelphia in September, 1774. |
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| In the early years of the American Revolution, Benedict Arnold was a ___, but he eventually joined forces with the British. |
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| The first battles of the American Revolution occured in April 1775 in ___, Massachusetts. |
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| As it repealed the Stamp Act, the British Parliament asserted its right to tax the colonies with the ___ Act. |
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| The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created ___. |
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| One result of the Boston Massacre was the repeal of the ___Acts. |
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| King George rejected the ___, in which the Second Continental Congress made a last attempt to avoid war with Great Britain. |
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| The Coercive Acts were passed to punish colonists in Boston and other parts of Massachusetts for the ___. |
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