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Common Sense

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A persuasive pamphlet written by Thomas Paine; “monarchies had been seizing power from the people”

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French-Indian War

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French and Native American forces ambushed British; Washington and his men began attacking British settlers in PA

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Custom Duties

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A tax on imports and exports

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Sugar Act

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Raised tax rates on imports of raw sugar and molasses

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Stamp Act

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Taxed almost all printed materials

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Sons of Liberty

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A group that organized huge demonstrations and intimidated stamp distributors

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Townshend Act

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New regulations and taxes introduced by Charles Townshend

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Writs of Assistance

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A search warrant enabling customs officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling

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Boston Massacre

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Troops fired into a crowd, killing 3, 2 who would die later, and 6 wounded

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Boston Tea Party

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George Hewes and other men dumped 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor

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Minutemen

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A special unit of men trained and ready to “stand at a minute’s warning in case of alarm”

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Loyalist

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Americans who supported the British side in the conflict

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Patriot

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Those who believed that the British had become tyrants

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Neutral

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People who didn’t support either side

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Declaration of Independence

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John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson submitted a document that Jefferson drafted, explaining why it was time for independence

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Enlightenment

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Believed that natural laws applied to social, political, and economic relationships, and that people could figure out these natural laws if they employed reason

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Proclamation of 1763

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Drew a line from north to south along the Appalachian Mountains and declared that colonists could not settle past it without British Govt. permission

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First Continental Congress

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Met in Philadelphia on Sep. 5, 1774

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Mercenary

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A person who takes part in an armed conflict who is not a national or a party to the conflict