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american revolution Flashcards

1
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persuasive pamphlet against the king

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common sense

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2
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led to massive British debt

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French and Indian war

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3
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required that all paper goods be taxed

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stamp act 1765

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4
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the shot heard round the world happened here

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Lexington and concord

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5
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the cause of the passing of the intolerable acts

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Boston tea party 1773

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6
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impeded western expansion

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proclamation of 1763

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7
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tried Americans in British military courts

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admiralty courts

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8
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firebrands organized to protest the stamp act

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some of Liberty formed

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9
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first act of taxation passed

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sugar act 1764

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10
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5 colonists were killed in this confrontation

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Boston massacre 1770

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11
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the reason the first continental congress met

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coercive/ intolerable acts

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12
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a loyalist to the crown

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Tories

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13
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banned all colonial paper money

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currency act 1764

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14
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economic system that led to war

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mercantilism

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15
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first acts passed to limit colonial trade

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navigation acts

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16
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where did the final battle of the American Revolution take place

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Yorktown

17
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commander of the continental army

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George Washington

18
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firebrand that was the leader of the sons of Liberty from Boston

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Samuel Adams

19
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John Adams worked as a farmer and _________ before becoming a politician

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lawyer

20
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who wrote common sense and influenced 100s of thousands of people

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Paine

21
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where was the bloodiest battle of the war

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battle of bunker hill

22
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where did washingtons troops stay during the winter

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valley forge

23
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who wrote the first American English dictionary

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Noah Webster

24
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where did Burgoyne surrender that caused the French to join the war

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saratoga

25
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what battle convinced southern farmers to fight

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battle of kings mountain

26
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after reading the declaration what statues were torn down in New York

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King George III

27
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who was the first casualty during the American Revolution

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crispus Attucks

28
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what was signed on September 3rd 1783 that ended the war

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treaty of Paris

29
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who freedom using the Massachusetts constitution

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Elizabeth freeman

30
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Charles Wilson Peale is best known for his portraits of what

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George Washington

31
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not in favor of declaring independence

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John Dickinson

32
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who said “I have not yet begun to fight

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John Paul jones

33
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leader of the French forces in America

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Lafayette

34
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who led a British force over 32000 at New York

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William Howe

35
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who was beaten with a cane, went insane, and died of a lightning strike

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James Otis

36
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engraver and propagandist

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Paul revere

37
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British ship seized and burned

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gaspee affair 1772

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