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Declaration of Independence
 
 
 
 
 
The declaration of independence is what make  country
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statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania 

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Loyalists

 

 

 

 

 

the loyalist attacked 

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a supporter of union between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

 

 
 
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Patriots

 

 

 

 

 

the patriots are the fighter of america 

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an american solider 

 

 

 

 

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Mercantilism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

mercantilism is how a lot of people at school get money 

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belief in the benefits of profitable trading
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Seven Years War
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A global conflict fought between 1756-1763

 

 

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Proclamation Line of 1763
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 Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America

 

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Stamp Act
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The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first internal tax levied directly on American colonist

 

 

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Quartering Act
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required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area. 

 

 

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Boston Massacre
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 British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob

 

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Boston Tea Party
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 political protest by the Sons of Liberty

 

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Intolerable Acts
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 meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party

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Militia
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary 
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Battle of Saratoga
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climax of the Saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War  [image]
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