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| The main reason Pilgrims made the voyage to North America |
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| Established the Pennsylvania colony as a place that welcomed all people and religions |
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| something that creates great change |
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| Deep waterways and forests |
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| the natural resources that made shipbuilding a major industry in the colony of Massachusetts |
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| Nickname given to the Middle Colonies due to their fertile soil and their grain farms |
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| statement or action expressing disapproval; the colonists did this in reaction to the rules and high taxes imposed by Great Britain |
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| protest in which colonists dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor |
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| colonists who were ready at a moment's notice to arm themselves and defend the colonies against British soldiers |
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| Paul Revere & William Dawes |
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| rode their horses into Lexington, Massachusetts to warn the minutemen there that British soldiers were heading toward them |
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| war in which the American colonies gained independence from Great Britain |
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| Articles of Confederation |
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| first form of government for the US colonies; gave a lot of power to the individual states |
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| new and better form of government that replaced the Articles of Confederation; created branches of government - Executive, Legislative, and Judicial |
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