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Thomas Jefferson

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Philosopher of the Revolution

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George Washington

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Military genius

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Thomas Paine

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Soilder

Wrote Common Sense

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Paul Revere

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A midnight rider

Drew Boston Massacre illustration

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Crispus Attuckts

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Boston Massacre martyr

African American

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Charles Cornwallis

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British General

Surrendered at Yorktown

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Patrick Henry

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The Orator

“Give me liberty or give me death!”

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King George lll

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King of England

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Nathan Hale

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Patriot spy

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Benedict Arnold

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Traitor in war

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Benjamin Franklin

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Revolutionary diplomat

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John Paul Jones

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Naval hero during the Revolutionary War

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Bernardo de Galvez

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Mexican/Spaniard American

Lead troops though New Orleans

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James Armistead

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African American Revolutionary War hero

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Wentworth Cheswell

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Rode with Paul Revere on the Midnight ride

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Samuel Adams

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Political organizer

Son of Liberty

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Boston Massacre

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Colonists start fight with soilders
5 colonists die
3-5-1770

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Boston Tea Party

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340 crates of BEI dumped into Boston harbor

12-16-1773

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French and Indian War

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French & Indians .vs. British over Ohio valley

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Proclamation of 1763

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Law that bans colonists from going past Appalachian Mountains

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Representative Government

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No representation in government

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Parts of the Representative Government

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Magma Carta 1215
Virginia House of Burgresses 1619
Mayflower Compact 1620
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1639
English Bill of Rights 1689
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Zenger Trial

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Freedom of the press

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Sugar Act

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1st tax to raise money

Tax on sugar and molasses

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Stamp Act

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Tax on paper goods & sugar/molasses

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Townsend Act

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Tax on glass, lead, paint, and tea

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Coercive Acts

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Harbors closed
Limited mtg.
Quartering Act

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Quartering Act

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Forced to let British soilders live in your home

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Patriots

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Want independence

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Loyalists

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Want to stay with Britain

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First Continental Congress

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1774 in Philadelphia

Colony representatives protest

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Second Continental Congress

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May 1775 in Philadelphia

Colony’s representatives vote for independence

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

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Unalienable rights

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Declaration of Independence

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July 4, 1776

Colonists declare independence

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Battles of the War

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American Revolution

25 battles

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Important battles in the American Revolution

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Lexington & Concord 1775
Winter at Valley Forge 
Saratoga 1777
Yorktown 1781
Treaty of Paris 1783
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Lexington & Concord

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“Shout heard round the world”

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Winter at Valley Forge

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Lots of illness

Soilders come out great army

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Saratoga

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Turning point in War
America gains advantage over Britain
The French goin the Colonists

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Yorktown

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Last official battle

General Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington

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Treaty of Paris

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Ended Revolutionary War

British recognized American independence

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Great Awakening

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Religious Movement

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Sons of Liberty

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Colonists who protest for independence from Britain

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