People | Major battles | Causes | Protesting 101 | Strengths and weaknesses |
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Thomas Jefferson
Who drafted the Declaration of Independence?
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Lexington and Concord
Where did the fighting begin?
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French and Indian war or seven years war
War that caused British debt to double
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Publishing pamphlets or boycott
Colonists way of non violent protest
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British
Had more weapons and supplies
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Thomas Paine
Who is the author of Common Sense?
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Saratoga
Patriot victory that changed the war, gained foreign support
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Boston Massacre
First bloodshed after Townshend acts are passed causing all to be repealed except tax on tea
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Boycott
Refusing to buy goods from a certain person or group
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Americans
Reason to fight
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Loyalist
A person who thought that the patriots were too radical
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New Jersey
Battles of Princeton and Trenton took place in which state?
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Boston Tea Party
Event that led to the passing of the Intolerable acts and the increase in British troops around Boston
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Tar and feathering
Punishment for tax collectors and governors supporting British taxation
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Americans
French alliance
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Ben Franklin
Who was responsible for negotiating the American alliance with France?
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Bunker Hill
First major battle of the war, patriots lost but British had more casualties
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Stamp act
Act passed that led to the first set of protesting and the statement "no taxation without representation"
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Paul revere
Propagandist who created the cartoon depicting the Boston massacre
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British
Native American allies
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Hessian or mercenary
Soldier paid by the British to fight against the colonists
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Yorktown
Location where the British General Cornwallis surrenders to Washington
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Declaration of Independence
Document declaring separation from Britain and listing colonial grievances
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Sons of Liberty
Leaders of colonial protesting
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British
Well trained soldiers
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