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A way of seeing or looking at something from your perspective is the definition of what term?

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Point of view

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A settlement ruled by a distant parent country is the definition of what term?

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Colony

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The relationship between two or more events in which they act upon and are connected to one another is the definition of what term?

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Cause/effect

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An event in which people work or fight for change is the definition of what term?

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Revolution

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An economic system in which the colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country is the definition of what term?

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Mercantilism

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Trading, buying, and selling illegally with other nations to get a cheaper price is the definition of what term?

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Smuggling

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To rely on yourself for all of your basic needs is the definition of what term?

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Self-reliant

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A law making body is the definition of what term?

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Legislature

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England’s legislature or law making body is named what?

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Parliament

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The colonial lower house that is elected by the colonists is called what?

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Assembly

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The colonial upper house that is appointed by the governor is called what?

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Council

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a formal public statement is the definition of what term?

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Proclamation

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living accommodations is another way of saying what term?

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quarter/quartering

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The French and Indian war left Britain with a huge debt. what does this mean?

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Britain owed money

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Government income is another way to say what term?

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Revenue

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What does taxation without representation mean?

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It means that the colonists do not get to vote for members of parliament

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What term is another word for representative?

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Delegate

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A formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority is the definition of what term?

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Petition

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Refusal to buy is the definition of what term?

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Boycott

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A formal expression of opinion is the definition of what term?

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Resolution

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A representation of a person, especially in sculpture form

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Effigies

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In March of 1766 parliament repealed the stamp act. What does this mean?

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They cancelled the stamp act.

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Writs of assistance were legal documents that allowed what?

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Custom officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods

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Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion is the definition of what term?

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Propaganda

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Incapable of being put up with is the definition of what term?

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Intolerable

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Groups of citizen soldiers were called what?

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Militias

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A colonist who could be ready to fight on a minute’s notice was called what?

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A minuteman

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American colonists who stayed loyal to Britian were called what?

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Loyalists

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American colonists who supported a war for independence were called what?

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Patriots

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The dead, wounded, and missing after a battle are called what?

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Casualty

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Define cause/effect

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The relationship between two or more events in which they act upon and are connected to one another

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Define revolution

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An event in which people work or fight for change

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Who was Crispus Attucks and why was he important?

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He was a man involved in the Boston Massacre. He is important because he was the first colonist that was killed.

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A task or action that someone is required to perform is the definition of what term?

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Duty

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Who was William Dawes and why was he important?

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He was Paul Revere’s helper in informing the colonists that the regulars were coming

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Who was George Washington and why was he important?

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He was one of the 55 delegates, and he was from Virginia. He was important because he was chosen to be the commander-in-chief of the continental army

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Who was Thomas Paine and why was he importantly?

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He was the author of a pamphlet called common sense, which in his text he called for “complete independence”

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Who was chief Pontiac and why was he important?

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He was an Indian chief who united Indian tribes against the English colonists during pontiacs war

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Who was Thomas Gage and why was he important?

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An army general who was ordered by king George the lll to take away the weapons of the Massachusetts militia and arrest the leaders

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Who was Sam Adams and why was he important?

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He was the leader of the Massachusetts militia, cousin of John Adams. He also went into hiding during the batt
Lemon Lexington and concord

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Who was John Hancock and why was he important?

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He was another leader of the Massachusetts militia, he was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence

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Who was John Parker and why was he important?

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He was the captain who led the Minutemen at Lexington

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What date was the Declaration of Independence signed?

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July 4, 1776

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Who was John Adams and why was he important?

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He defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston massacre, cousin of Sam Adams

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Who was Benjamin Franklin and why was he important?

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He was a delegate from Pemmsylvania who was part of the continental congress

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Who was Patrick Henry and why was he important?

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He was a delegate from Virginia who said “Give me Liberty, or give me death”

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Who was Paul Revere and why was he important?

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He warned the colonists that the regulars were coming alongside William Dawes

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Who was Thomas Jefferson and why was he important?

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He was a delegate from Virginia who wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Why was the city of Boston important?

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The Boston Tea Party happened there, as well was the Boston massacre, etc

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Why was the city of Philadelphia important?

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It is where the commitees of correspondence met because it was in the middle of the colonies

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What was the stamp act congress?

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It was a meeting attended by 27 representatives from the colonies in which they wrote a Petetion stating that the colonies could not be taxed except by their own legislatures

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Who was King George the lll?

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He was the king in the era of the revolution

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