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| Refunded four-fifths of the taxes the British East India Company had to pay to ship tea to the colonies, leaving only the Townshend tax. The act also allowed the East India Company to sell directly to shopkeepers and for tea to be sold lower than smuggled Dutch tea |
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| The laws set by the Coercive Acts meant to punish Massachusetts and bring an end to colonial challenge against British authority |
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| A hit and run technique used in fighting a war; fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes |
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| "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." |
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| The treaty states that the British recognized the United States of America as an independent nation with the Mississippi River as it's western border. Britain gave Florida back to Spain. France also received colonies in Africa and the Caribbean |
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| Special unit of men created by Concord trained that were trained and ready to "stand at a minute's warning in case of alarm" |
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Committee of Correspondence
#Organzation |
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| The committee of correspondence helped unify the colonies and shape public opinion. Also helped colonial leaders coordinate their plans for resisting the British |
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| Tories. Those that still felt a strong sense of loyalty to the king and believed British law should be upheld |
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| Whigs. Those that believed that the British were tyrants |
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Letters of Marque
#BattleShip |
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| Licenses that authorized private ship owners to attack British merchant ships |
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| Form of government where power resides with a body of citizens entitled to vote |
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Emancipation
#Freeeeeeeeeee |
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| Voluntary freeing of enslaved persons |
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Battle of Bunker Hill
#SElfEsteem |
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| Helped boost American morale and confidence. The Battle showed that the colonial militia could hold their own against one of the most feared armies |
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Boston Tea Party
#Krumpets |
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| Around 150 men dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor |
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Olive Branch Petition
#SimpsAct |
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| A petition where the colonists declared their loyalty to the King and asked him to repeal the intolerable acts. |
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| famous woman carried water to the men |
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Continental Congress
#Posers |
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| This acted as our government throughout the Revolutionary War. |
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declaration of rights and grievances
#NatrualRIghts |
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| a document written by the Stamp Act Congress and passed on October 14, 1765. It declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional. |
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British East India Company
#QueenEzlibethTries |
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| company chartered by Queen Elizabeth I for trade with Asia. The original object of the group of merchants involved was to break the Dutch monopoly of the spice trade with the East Indies |
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| The particularly severe winter of 1777-1778 proved to be a great trial for the American army, and of the 11,000 soldiers stationed at Valley Forge, hundreds died from disease. |
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| challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. |
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virginia statute of religious freedom
#ChruchSpilt. |
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| a statement about both freedom of conscience and the principle of separation of church and state. |
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