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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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