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| stated that Parliament shouldn't be taxing them without representation |
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| passed in 1756; government stamp required on paper documents, and even newspapers, almanacs, sermons, and playing cards |
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| passed in 1765; colonists must find places for British soldiers to stay |
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| brought back by Townshend Act in 1767; right to search colonial homes for smuggled goods |
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| March 5, 1770, crowd of colonist began to throw snowballs at sentry guards and called them names; 5 people died |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| introduced by Adams; spread news of British injustices |
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| passed in 1774; series of laws to punish rebellious colonists; more control over Massachusetts |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| met in Philadelphia in September 1774; issued Declaration of Rights |
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| colonial soldiers who would be ready to resist a British attack with short notice |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| met in Philadelphia in May 1775; formed Continental Army (GW as commander in chief); issued national currency; proposed reconciliation with King George III in the Olive Branch Petition |
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| new member to the Continental Congress |
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| core was made of New England forces; George Washington was leader |
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| suggested Washington as leader of Continental Army |
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| army of 15,000 attack British troops in Boston; became the first major battle of Revolutionary War; June 17,1775; loss because they ran out of gunpowder |
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| colonies whose sympathies were with the king and Britain |
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| British journalist who wrote why Americans should declare independence from Britain, Common Sense, in early 1776 |
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| pamphlet written by Paine to explain why America should declare independence from Britain |
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| Virginia Declaration of Rights |
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| May 1776; declaration of citizens' rights; first official call from American independence |
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| wrote letters to John Adams throughout the war and a little after; in support of Declaration of Independence |
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| well-trained British soldiers |
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| turning point of Revolutionary War; British surrender at Saratoga to General Gates; convinced France to support American cause |
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| where Washington's army stayed for the winter if 1777-78 |
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| paper money loses worth, and prices soar |
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| 20-year-old French noble; helped discipline/train George Washington's army in Valley Forge |
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| important victories in area north/west of Ohio River because of him |
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| led army in March 1781 in the battle at Guilford Court House to stop British campaign |
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| British commander in battle at Guilford Court House in March 1781 |
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| French general of the troops France sent to help |
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| attacked British forts on Mississippi and along Gulf Coast of Florida |
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| blockade in Chesapeeake Bay while Washington attacked British from land; lasted 3 weeks; surrendered October 19, 1781 |
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| peace treaty with Britain, signed on September 3, 1783 to recognize USA as an independent nation; Britain leave forts in West; Spain gets Florida |
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