Study guides Flashcards
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Milita
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A small army made of ordinary citizens.
2
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Rebel
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Patriots
3
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Repeal
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To take back, to cancel, a law
4
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Liberty
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The freedom of citizens
5
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Boycott
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To refuse
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Loyalist
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People in the colonies who wanted to stay under British control
7
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Neutralist
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American colonists that did not support either side
8
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Patriot
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People, in the American colonies that wanted independence
9
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Traitor
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A person guilty of acting against their own country
10
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First continental congress
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Write to kind George about intolerable
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American revolution
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To fight for independence or not
12
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Battle of bunker hill
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Battle that they proved themsleves
13
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Boston tea party
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Sons of liberty threw tea into the Boston harbor
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Committee of correspondence
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Communication systems
15
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Townsend acts
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Initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea
