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| comittiees of correspondance |
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| a secret organization made up to exchange info about resistance to the british between the colonies. |
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| incident where colonies threw tea into the boston harbor. |
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| another name for taxes placed on imported goods |
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| a colonist who actually defended the soldiers in the shooting incideny in boston |
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| law allowed one british company to sell tea in the colonies |
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| law placed on imported goods such as glass,paper,and paint |
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| group of armed townspeople who could be ready to fight in a short warning. |
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| series of laws that were supposed to punish the MA colony - coercive acts <- british |
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| boston silvermith who spread news on the british troop movements and created anti-british propagandas |
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| 1st battles of the revolutionary war |
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| americans who supported the british |
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| americans who sided with the rebels |
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| a force of men or people who promise to defend their colony |
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| outspoken member of colonial government of VA who spokeout against the british with great passion |
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| the first continental congress |
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| meeting of delagates of the most colonies who voted to stop trading with britain and start training troops in case there was a war. |
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| married to 1 of americas early leaders an her letters to her husband became legendary and everyone calls her "founding mother" |
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| leader of a patriot group of fighters known as the green mountian boys |
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| american government durning the revolutuinary war |
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| americas patriot army during the revolutionary war |
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| political radical and the author of common sense |
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| declaration of independence |
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| document that declared american independance from britain |
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| delegate from virginia who wrote the declaration of independence |
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| when enemy forces surround a town or city in order to force it to surrender |
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| first important battle of the american war of independence |
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| a peace offer with britain |
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| a pitched battle in which american revolutionary troops captured fort ticonderoga from the british |
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| general george washington |
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| first presideny - main leader of the Americans durning the revolutionary war |
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| patriot in american revolution |
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| known for the articles of confederation |
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| pamphet written by thomas paine |
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| shooting incident in boston against the coloniats and british soldiers |
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| had british soldiers come in |
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| british king during the american revolution |
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| law forced colonists to house british soldiers |
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| law put a special act on products like molasses |
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| law forced the colonists to buy a stamp for all official documents |
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| secret society was formed to attack british policies. they often attacked british tax collecters. |
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| to refuse to buy certain items |
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| to buy something as an investement. you may buy land as an investment |
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| declaration said colonists couldny settle west of the appalacian mountains |
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| african american sailor who was killed at the shooting incident in boston |
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| special search warrants the brirish soldiers had that allowed them to seach colonists homes for smuggled goods |
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| organization of colonial woment that protested against britsih policies |
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| a colonist leader in boston who encourgaed violeny resistance to the british |
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