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a cost-saving measure that required the colonies to house and provide British soldiers with supplies.

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Quartering Act

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income

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Revenue

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placed taxes on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies. also enforced harsh punishment for smugglers.

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Sugar Act

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required all legal documents to carry an official stamp to show that tax had been payed.

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Stamp Act

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refusal to buy.

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Boycott

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secret society formed to oppose British policies. staged protests against stamp act, some of which were not peaceful (tar and feathers.)

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Sons of Liberty

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born into slavery, escaped by running away to sea. spent next 20 years as sailor and renamed self to Michael Johnson. died in Boston Massacre

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Crispus Attucks

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Suspended New York’s assembly until they agreed to house troops, placed taxes on goods like tea, lead, paint, glass, paper, etc.

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Townshend Acts

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search warrants that searched for smuggled goods

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Writs of Assistance

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traded insults at Custom House until a fight broke out. 5 people were killed

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Boston Massacre

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exchanged letters regarding colonial affairs throughout various towns in Massachusetts

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Committee of correspondence

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event where 342 chests of tea had been destroyed. group of men dressed up as native americans and boarded 3 ships in boston harbor. revolt against tea act

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Boston Tea Party

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go through with or pursue

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execute

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unknown

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anonymous

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light axe

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tomahawk

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someone who advocates social or political change

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radical

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agreeing to carry out an order

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compliance

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eliminates all competition

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monopoly

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at the same time

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simultaneously

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a bell tower

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belfry

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a wooden/metal pole for masts

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spar

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a house placed for soldiers

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barrack

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guard

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sentinel

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a strap across an animal’s body

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girth

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phantom or ghost like

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spectral

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a spirited horse

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steed

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a force of armed civillians who pledged to defend their community

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Militia

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trained to be ready to act at a minute’s warning.

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Minutemen

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said that colonists had to pay for destroyed tea, banned committees of correspondence, allowed Britain to house troops wherever necessary, let British officals accused of crimes in the colonies to stand trials in Britain

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Intolerable Acts

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all colonies except for Georgia met in Philadelphia. Delegates voted to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed

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First Continental Congress

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first battles of revolutionary war. nearly 4,000 militia and minutemen lined the roads of Concord all the way to Lexington. peppered retreating redcoats with musket fire. the arrival of 1,000 more troops saved Britain from destruction.

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Lexington and Concord.

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those who supported Britain

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loyalist

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those who rebelled

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patriots

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cannon and large guns

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artillery

35
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meeting where they (delegates) agreed to make continental army. delegates included samuel and john adams, John Hancock, George Washington, etc. also printing of paper money was established to pay troops

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second continental congress.

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commanding general = george washington.

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continental army

37
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composed by thomas jefferson. declared independence from Britain

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declaration of independence

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composed the declaration. prepared most of it in two weeks. wrote when he was 33

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thomas jefferson

39
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why proclamation of 1763 was made and how it affected colonists

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after french and indian war, british knew defending western land would be expensive. said colonists couldn’t settle west of appalachians. angered colonists who wanted to move ohio river valley because many of them didn’t have land of their own. upset colonists who bought land as an investment, so they ignored proclamation

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purpose of townhend acts.

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made as a way to raise revenue in colonies for troops.

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what colonists didn’t like about tea act of 1773

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colonists who hadn’t been paying any tax on smuggled tea would now have to pay a tax on regulated tea.

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purpose of intolerable acts

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made to punish colonies after boston tea party in attempt to “master” them

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main goal of general gage in lexington vs concord

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arrest adams and hancock in lexington and destroy supplies in concord

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How did Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Dr. Samuel Prescott help the colonists?

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arranged a system to determined whether British troops were arriving by sea or land. revere would go across water from boston to charlestown and then lexington and concord. dawes would take land route.

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things accomplished during second continental congress

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continental army was formed, also authorized the printing of paper money to pay troops

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significance of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common Sense.

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uproar in call for independence, convinced many that a complete break from britain was necessary.

47
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purpose of declaration

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to demand the colonies independence from britain

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