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The war between Great Britain and its thirteen American colonies from 1775 to 1783 that led to the founding of the United States of America.
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American Revolution
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A lawmaking body
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assembly
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Costly British “victory” in 1775 over Colonial forces at a site near Charleston, Massachusetts.
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
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Boston Tea Party
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To refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, country, or product.
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boycott
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A member of an elected assembly.
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delegate
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The assembly of colonial delegates from every colony except Georgia that met in 1774 in Philadelphia to oppose the Intolerable Acts.
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First Continental Congress
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The laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 that closed Boston Harbor, dissolved the Massachusetts assembly, and forced Boston colonists to house British soldiers.
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Intolerable Acts
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A group of volunteers who fought in times of emergency during the colonial period and the American Revolution.
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militia
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Well-trained volunteer soldiers who defended the American colonies against the British at a minute’s notice.
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minutemen
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A written request signed by many people.
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petition
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To oppose those in charge, even to the point of fighting them with weapons, because of different ideas about what is right.
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rebel
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Groups of colonists who organized themselves to protest against the British government.
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Sons of Liberty
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A law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on newspapers, pamphlets, legal documents, and even playing cards.
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Stamp Act
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A government tax on imports or exports.
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duty
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Colonists who supported the British monarch and laws.
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Loyalist
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People make their own laws.
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self-government
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The killing of people who cannot defend themselves.
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massacre
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The part of the British government in which members make laws for the British people.
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Parliament
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The cruel use of authority.
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tyranny
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