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The American Revolution
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9th Grade
11/06/2013

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BOYCOTT
Definition
Refuse to buy
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REVOLUTION
Definition
Overthrow of government/ruler & replace with new government
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CONSENT
Definition
Agreement
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INDEPENDENCE
Definition
No longer under someone else's control
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BOSTON TEA PARTY
Definition
Event where colonists threw British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act(DECEMBER 1773)
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
Definition
Named Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Definition
Document approved & signed on July 4, 1776 stating America's independence from England
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INTOLERABLE ACTS
Definition
Unjust taxes placed on American colonists causing them to rebel against the English
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KING GEORGE III
Definition
King of England during the American Revolution
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FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
Definition
War fought between French & British to decide who controlled North America
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MINUTEMAN
Definition
Special unit of American militia "ready to stand at a minute's warning in case of alarm"
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BOSTON MASSACRE
Definition
Event before American Revolution where British soldiers fire on colonists (MARCH 1770)
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LOYALIST
Definition
Colonists who remained loyal to the King
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PATRIOTS
Definition
Colonists ready to fight the British
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PAUL REVERE
Definition
Famous midnight rider who warned the colonists of the British invasion
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BATTLE OF SARATOGA
Definition
Turning point of Revolutionary War; convinced France to join the colonists
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BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
Definition
British surrender to American forces
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