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Revolutionary War
Chapter 5 review
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Social Studies
4th Grade
03/18/2013

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French & Indian War
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British fought against the Native Americans and the French over who owned the land in the Ohio River Valley
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Stamp Act
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1765 - taxed all printed materials
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Repeal
Definition
To get rid of (a tax). Stamp act was repealed 1766
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Townsend Act
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1770 - taxed paint lead glass and tea
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Boston Tea Party
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1773 - Patriots dressed as Native Americans protesting the tea tax and the British East India tea company by dumping tea into the harbor.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Lexington & Concord
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1775 - these battles started the American Revolution
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Declaration of Independence
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1776 - document that declared the colonies to be a free independent country (written by Thomas Jefferson)
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Patriot
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Someone who wants to be independent from England
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Boston Massacre
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1770 - an incident where 5 patriots were killed by British soldiers. Patriots were harassing soldiers and throwing rocks at them.
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George Washington
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Led the British Army during the French and Indian War
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Militia
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Volunteer army
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Continental Congress
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Group of representatives that met to talk about how to deal with Great Britain
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Battle of Saratoga
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1777 - important victory for the colonists
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Parliament
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British government
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boycott
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To not buy something
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King George III
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ruler of British government
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Battle of Yorktown
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1781 Final battle of the Revolutionary War. General Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington
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