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| Battle at Fort Ticonderoga |
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| Americans captured this fort winning cannons and ammunition. |
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| Who captured Fort Ticonderoga by launching a surprise attack on the fort? |
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| Which battle were soldiers instructed "Don’t fire until you see the whites of their enemies' eyes."? |
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| Americans declared their independence |
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| What happened on July 4, 1776? |
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| Which Battle did Washington lead his men across the Delaware River in a surprise attack? Colonist won. |
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What battle in 1777 was the
turning point of the war? |
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| What battle didCornwallis and British troops surrender to Washington on Oct. 1781 ending the Revolutionary War? |
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| Committee of Public Safety |
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| headed up by Georges Danton and was responsible for the REIGN OF TERROR (thousands accused of treason were executed) |
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| Thousands accused of treason were executed. |
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High-ranking members of the Church (Clergy)
Privileged class |
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| Unprivileged, peasants and merchants |
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| God put people in power. Power given by God. MONARCHY set up by God. |
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| Stormed the Bastille to obtain weapons |
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| After the king attempted to shut down the National Assembly, fearing the king would retaliate with force, the mob did what? |
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| Colonial militia (colonists) |
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| Who won the Battle of Concord? |
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| What war left Britain in DEBT and starting the heavy taxes being placed on colonists? |
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| Forbid colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Created to protect colonists from the Indians. |
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| The first tax of 1764. It placed a tax on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies. |
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| Tax placed on all printed material, such as newspapers and playing cards. |
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| No Taxation without Representation |
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| Colonists started this because they were being taxed but had no vote in Parliament |
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| led the protests in Boston against the taxes. |
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| secret society started by Samuel Adams. Used violence to scare off the tax collectors. |
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| British soldiers shot and killed 5 protesters that were throwing rocks and snowballs at the troops. |
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| What did colonists do when Parliament began taxing tea? |
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| Colonists dressed up like Mohawk Indians and boarded three British ships full of tea. The colonists dumped all the tea into the harbor. |
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| What did the British do to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party? |
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| Who won the Battle of Lexington? |
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| American colonists that were loyal to Britain during the American Revolution |
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| Where were the first two battles of the American Revolution were fought? |
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| The Second Continental Congress |
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| Appointed George Washington as commander of the Colonial Army. |
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| Who wrote a pamphlet called COMMON SENSE that encouraged colonists to declare independence from Great Britain. |
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| The Declaration of Independence |
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| written by Thomas Jefferson signed on July 4, 1776. |
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| was sent to France to ask for military aid as well as a loan. |
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| Laws passed to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. |
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| The “Shot Heard Round the World” was at what battle? |
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| Paul Revere and William Dawes |
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| Who rode through the countryside to warn the colonists that the British troops were on their way “The Red Coats are coming”? |
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