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Minutemen

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soldiers that needed to be ready quickly: in a minute’s notice

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paul revere

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rode a horse warning “the british are coming”; silversmith, named boston massacre the bloody massacre

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edmund burke

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1774 requested parliament be more cooperative; vs. forcing colonists to buy more taxed goods

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committee of correspondence

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they used mail to spread news/protest e.g. Boston Sugar Act, New York Stamp Act

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budget

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plan for spending money

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treason

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working against your government

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John Adams

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delegate from massachussets; 2nd president

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Thomas Payne

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wrote “Common Sense” pamphlet - colonists should rule themselves

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John Hancock

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Leader of Sons of liberty along with Samuel Adams; signer of declaration of independence

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alliance

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A formal agreement among groups/individuals

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delegates

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representatives

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Benjamin Franklin

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Pennsylvania delegate, proposed Albany Plan of Union: colonies join to fight French; rejected by colonies

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Why was the Albany Plan rejected?

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The colonists weren’t willing to work together

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What caused the British and French compete for Ohio Valley?

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link to French lands; British trade and growth area

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George Washington

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commander in chief of army, led Virginians, built Fort Neccesity

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parliament

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British lawmaking body

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General Eduard Braddock

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led 1800 British and colonial troops, advised by Washington, in April 1755 to attack French Fort Duquesne

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William Pitt

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British leader who helped win, turning war in British favor in 1758, after Braddock was killed

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effect of the treaty of paris

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french lost nearly all their lands in North America, Spain got Florida, French war ended in 1763

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proclamation

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public announcement

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King George III

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proclamation of 1763: all lands west of Appalachian mountains belonged to Indians; whites ordered to leave

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how did colonists feel about british rule after proclamation of 1763

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didn’t like parliament telling them to stay out; didn’t like taxes; they ignored it and kept moving west

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What led to French war

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British and French wanted Ohio River Valley

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representation

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voice: express your ideas

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Patrick Henry

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told Virginia House of Burgesses parliament doesn’t represent the colonies

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Why’d parliament pass new taxes

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pay for cost of war

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George Grenville

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argued in parliament colonists should pay for war

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Sam Adams

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started boston correspondence comittee to protest imperial policies

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imperial policies

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laws isued by british government

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boycott

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stop buying

:refuse to buy british goods

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repeal

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vote to

take back

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Why’d colonists form correspondence committees

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to pass news on protest

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Townshend Acts

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failed taxes by British

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Boston Massacre

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Massachusetts, March 5, 1770; British soldiers killed 5 angry rock-throwing colonists

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crispus attucks

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African American sailor, first person killed in fight for freedom

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monopoly

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complete control (by a group, person or company) over a good or service in an area

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boston tea party

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150 members of Sons of Liberty dressed as mohawk-indians and cast 342 chests of tea in harbor – likely led by Samuel Adams; after 1773 Tea Act, colonists protested East India company’s monopoly on Tea

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coerce

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force

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blockade

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to impede; navy blockaded harbor

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quarter

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to house someone

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congress

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formal meeting of representatives

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petition

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a signed request

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revolution

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sudden complete change (e.g. of government)

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commander in chief

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leader of all military forces

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earth work

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walls made of earth or stone

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olive branch

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ancient symbol for peace

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phillis wheatley

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first african american woman in the colonies to have her work published

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independence

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freedom to govern themselves

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resolution

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formal group statement

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declaration

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official statement

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preamble

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beginning of the constitution: we the people…

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grievances

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complaints

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Articles of Confederation

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the countries first plan of government; voters from each state elect legislatures to choose national legislatures: 1 vote per state

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Congress of Confederation

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an initial congress that provided 1 vote per state (regardless of each state’s size)

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Intolerable Acts

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harsh laws after boston tea party; e.q. forcing colonists to quarter British soldiers

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when did french and indian war start

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1750 – british viewed french troops driving out british traders as an act of war

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battle of bunker hill

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June 17, 1775 - at Breed’s hill - commander Putnam said, “don’t fire till you see the whites of their eyes”

colonists ran out of ammunition

but death-toll 350 colonists to 1000 british

JJ Social Studies 5th Grade (2 decks)

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