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ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
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1689 DOCUMENT THAT ESTABLISHED PARLIAMENTARY SUPREMACY
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HOUSE OF COMMONS
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LOWER HOUSE OF BRITISH PARLIAMENT THAT ACHIEVED SUPREMACY IN THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES
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COLONIAL LEGISLATURES THAT WERE THE ONLY INSTITUTIONS SUBJECT TO COLONISTS'--RATHER THAN THE KING'S-- CONTROL
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POWER OF THE PURSE
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CRUCIAL POWER OF TAXATION SOUGHT BY COLONIAL LEGISLATURES
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PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS
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LAWS REQUIRING PROPERTY IN ORDER TO VOTE
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ENLIGHTENMENT
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EUROPEAN/AMERICAN INTELLECTUAL MOVEMENT THAT EMPHAISZED REASON, AND THAT SPARKED THE GREAT AWAKENING
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DEISTS
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ENLIGHTENMENT RELIGIOUS IDEA THAT GOD CREATED THE WORLD, THEN LEFT IT TO OPERATE ACCORDING TO RATIONAL PRINCIPLES
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RATIONALIST
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ONE WHO BELIEVES THAT THE UNIVERSE IS BASICALLY A PREDICTABLE AND RATIONAL PLACE
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GREAT AWAKENING
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1730'3-1740'S MOVEMENT OF REVIVALS AND EMOTIONAL RELIGION, IN REACTION TO ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS IN RELIGION
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JONATHAN EDWARDS
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A LEADER OF THE NEW LIGHTS
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SEVEN YEARS' WAR
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18TH CENTURY EUROPEAN WAR WHOSE AMERICAN INCARNATION WAS THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
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BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT
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1755 DEFEAT OF BRITS IN FRENCH & INDIAN WAR THAT WAS THE LOW POINT OF BRITISH FORTUNES IN THAT WAR
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IROQUOIS INDIANS
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GREAT LAKES INDIANS WHO WERE ALLIED WITH THE FRENCH, AND WHOSE WITHDRAWAL OF THAT SUPPORT WAS A MAJOR TURNING POINT OF THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
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WILLIAM PITT
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BRITISH MINISTER WHO GOT THE COLONIES TO MOBILIZE THEIR OWN MEN FOR THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
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TREATY OF PARIS (1ST)
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1763 TREATY THAT ENDED THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
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TREATY OF ILDEFONSO
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FRENCH TREATY CEDING LOUSIANA TERRITORY TO THE SPANISH
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LOUISIANA TERRITORY
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VAST TERRITORY ALONG AND WEST OF ,MISSISSIPPI CEDED TO SPANISH AFTER FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
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GEORGE III
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BRITISH KING DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY PERIOD
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PONTIAC'S REBELLION
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ANTI-BRITISH INDIAN CAMPAIGN THAT CAUSED BRITS TO ISSUE PROCLAMATION OF 1763
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PROCLAMATION OF 1763
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BRITISH DECREE THAT COLONISTS COULD NO LONGER EXPAND WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS
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STANDING ARMY
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PERMANENT ARMY
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WRITS OF ASSISTANCE
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DOCUMENTS OR CLAUSES THAT PERMITTED CUSTOMS OFFICERS TO SEARCH & SEIZE COLONIAL SHIPS OR BUILDINGS WITHOUT CAUSE
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JAMES OTIS
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BOSTON COLONIIST LAWYER WHO WENT TO COURT TO FIGHT WRITS OF ASSISTANCE
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SUGAR ACT
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1764 REVENUE ACT THAT LEVIED EXTERNAL TAX ON MOLASSES, ETC, AND IMPOSED REGULATORY BURDENS ON COLONIAL MERCHANTS
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GEORGE GRENVILLE
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BRITISH PRIME MINISTER WHO IMPOSED THE SUGAR ACT
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STAMP ACT
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1765 INTERNAL TAX THAT BROUGHT THE FIRST TRUE ANTI-BRITISH OUTBURST AMONG THE AMERICAN COLONIES
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EXTERNAL TAX
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TAX LEVIED ON IMPORTS AS THEY ENTERED THE COLONIES
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INTERNAL TAX
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TAX LEVIED DIRECTLY ON PROPERTY, GOODS, GOVERNMENT SERVICES
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VIRTUAL REPRESENTATION
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BRITISH SUGGESTION THAT THE COLONIES WERE REPRESENTED IN PARLIAMENT THROUGH MEMBERS WHO REPRESENTED COLONIAL INTERESTS BY CONSIDERING LARGIER IMPERIAL RATHER THAN JUST LOCAL ENGLISH INTERESTS
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PATRICK HENRY
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VIRGINIA PATRIOT WHOSE FIERY SPEECHES IN THE HOUSE OF BURGESSES REFLECTED THE RISING SPIRIT OF RESISTANCE AFTER THE STAMP ACT
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LOYAL NINE
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BOSTON MERCHANTS AND ARTISANS WHO RESISTED THE STAMP ACT
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SONS OF LIBERTY
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BOSTON ORGANIZATION SIMILAR TO LOYAL NINE, WHICH RESISTED BRITISH TAXES
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STAMP ACT CONGRESS
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1765 MEETING IN NY OF REPRESENTATIVES OF 9 COLONIES TO DISCUSS THE STAMP ACT
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JOHN DICKINSON
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PENNSYLVANIA RESISTANCE LEADER WHO WROTE LETTERS FROM A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA
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DECLARATORY ACT
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1766 REPEAL OF THE STAMP ACT
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NATURAL RIGHTS
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ENLIGHTENMENT/ JEFFERSONIAN IDEA THAT HUMAN LIBERTIES WERE AS NATURAL AS GRAVITY
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QUARTERING ACT
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BRITISH LAW ORDERING COLONIAL LEGISLATURES TO PAY FOR GOODS NEEDED BY BRITISH SOLDIERS STATIONED IN COLONIES
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TOWNSHEND DUTIES
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1767 EXTERNAL TAX WHOSE REVENUE-RAISING PURPOSELED TO A NEW OUTPOURING OF COLONIAL RESISTANCE
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LETTERS FROM A FARMER IN PENNSYLVANIA
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DICKINSON ESSAYS ARGUING THAT TAXES LEVIED FOR THE PURPOSE OF REVENUE REQUIRED PARLIAMENTARY REPRESENTATION
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SAMUEL ADAMS
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BOSTON RADICAL WHOSE PROPAGANDA AND UNITING ACTIVITIES PUSHED THE REVOLUTION FURTHER IN THE 1760'S AND 1770'S
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CIRCULAR LETTERS
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LETTERS WRITTEN BY ADAMS AND OTIS, AND SENT AROUND TO THE COLONIES, THAT FIRECELY OPPOSED BRITISH TAXATION
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LORD HILLSBOROUGH
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BRITISH MINISTER WHOSE HEAVY-HANDED PROHIBITION OF THE CIRCULAR LETTERS AROUSED GREATER COLONIAL ANGER
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JOHN WILKES
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BRITISH POLITICIAN AND EDITOR WHOSE OPPOSITION TO KING AND PARLIAMENT INSPIRED MORE BRITISH SUPPORT FOR COLONIAL CAUSE
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SPINNING BEES
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WOMEN'S MOVEMENT TO SUPPORT ANTI-TOWNSHEND BOYCOTTS BY SPINNING CLOTHES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE BOUGHT FROM BRITAIN
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DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY
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UPPER CLASS WOMEN'S ORGANIZATION FORMED TO OPPOSE BRITISH TAXATION
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CUSTOMS RACKETEERING
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CORRUPT SEIZURES OF COLONIAL GOODS AND SHIPS BY AGENTS OF BRITISH REGULATORY LAWS
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BOSTON MASSACRE
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1770 BRITISH KILLING OF 5 COLONISTS ON BOSTON COMMON
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COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
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1772-3 ATTEMPT TO COORDINATE AND UNITE ALL COLONIES IN OPPOSING BRITISH ATTEMPTS TO WEAKEN LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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BOSTON TEA PARTY
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1773 DESTRUCTION OF TEA BY ANTI-TEA ACT SONS OF LIBERTY IN BOSTON HARBOR
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TEA ACT
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1773 BRITISH ACT WHICH LOWERED THE PRICE OF TAXED TEA BUT ANGERED COLONISTS WHO THOUGHT IT WAS ATTEMPT TO 'BRIBE' AMERICANS INTO PAYING TAX ON TEA
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JAMES SOMERSET
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MASSACHUSETTS SLAVE WHOSE DEFENSE BY BRITISH PARLIAMENT CAUSED AMERICANS TO FEAR REV. WAR WOULD INCITE SLAVE ESCAPES
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DUNMORE DECLARATION
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1775 PROMISE BY VA ROYAL GOVERNOR THAT ANY SLAVE ENLISTING IN BRITISH CAUSE WOULD BE FREED
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COERCIVE ACTS
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1774 BRITISH ACTS PUNISHING BOSTON FOR THE BOSTON TEA PARTY
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INTOLERABLE ACTS
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COLONIAL TERM FOR COERCIVE ACTS
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MURDER ACT
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BITTER COLONIAL NAME FOR COERCIVE ACT LAW ALLOWING BIRTISH OFFICIALS TO BE TRIED IN BRITAIN FOR KILLING A COLONIST
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QUEBEC ACT
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1774 ACT THAT OFFENDED THE COLONIES BY EXTENDING CATHOLIC QUEBEC SOUTHWARD
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FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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1774 MEETING OF COLONIAL LEADERS TO FIND WAYS TO DEAL WITH BRITISH POLICIES
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SUFFOLK RESOLVES
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STATEMENTS OF 1ST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS THAT OPPOSED COERCIVE ACTS, ESTAVBLISHED PROVISIONAL COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS, AND BEGAN DEFENSIVE MEASURES
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CONTINENTAL ASSOCIATION
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BOYCOTT ORGANIZED AT 1ST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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LOYALISTS
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COLONIAL CITIZENS WHO OPPOSED REBELLION & REMAINED LOYAL TO BRITISH, ALSO CALLED TORIES
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TORIES
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COLONIAL CITIZENS WHO OPPOSED REBELLION & REMAINED LOYAL TO BRITISH, ALSO CALLED LOYALISTS
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LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
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APRIL & MAY SKIRMISHED BETWEEN BRITISH REDCOATS AND MILITIA
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SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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MAY 1775 MEETING OF COLONIAL LEADERS
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OLIVE BRANCH PETITION
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CONCILIATORY MESSAGE SENT TO KING GEORGE III BY 2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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CONTINENTAL ARMY
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COLONIAL ARMY ESTABLISHED BY 2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, WITH WASHINGTON AT HEAD
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GEORGE WASHINGTON
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LEADER OF OCNTINENTAL ARMY DURING AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL
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JUNE 1775 ATTACK ON COLONISTS BY BRITISH
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THOMAS PAINE
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AUTHOR OF COMMON SENSE
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COMMON SENSE
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WIDELY READ PAMPHLET THAT CONVINCED MANY THAT THE BRITISH MONARCH YWAS A DANGER TO AMERICAN LIBERTY
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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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JEFFERSON-AUTHORED STATEMENT THAT
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THOMAS JEFFERSON
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RADICAL PATRIOT & AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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TRENTON & PRINCETON
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NJ BATTLES WON BY AMERICANS IN 1777
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LAFAYETTE
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FRENCH ARISTOCRAT WHO JOINED WASHINGTON'S STAFF
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BATTLE OF SARATOGA
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1777 BATTLE WHICH TURNED THE TIDE OF THE WAR BY INSPIRING FRENCH TO HELP US
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VALLEY FORGE
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PENNSYLVANIA ENCAMPMENT WHERE CONTINENTAL ARMY WAS 'RE-TOOLED' AND INSPIRED BY WASHINGTON AND VON STUEBEN
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BARON VON STEUBEN
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GERMAN BARON WHO HELPED TRAIN CONTINENTAL ARMY IN GUERILLA TACTICES WHILE AT VALLEY FORGE
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MONMOUTH COURTHOUSE
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1778 VICTORY OF AMERICANS WHICH REFLECTED SUCCESSFUL RETRAINING OF CONTINENTALS, ENDED WAR IN THE NORTH
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GEORGE ROGERS CLARK
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AMERICAN GENERAL WHO LED AMERICAN FORCES IN THE WEST
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JOSEPH BRANT
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PRO-BRITISH IROQUOIS LEADER WHO LED ATTACKS ON AMERICAN FRONTIER MILITIAS IN NY AND PENNSYLVANIA
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GENERAL CORNWALLIS
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BRITISH GENERAL AT YORKTOWN
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BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
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1781 BATTLE WON BY AMERICANS, LED TO BRITISH DECISION TO SUSPEND THE WAR
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TREATY OF PARIS (2)
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1783 TREATY THAT ENDED WAR FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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1660
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DATE OF STUART RESTORATION
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1664
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DATE OF BRITISH DEFEAT OF NEW NETHERLANDS, ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW YORK COLONY
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1739
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DATE OF FOUNDING OF LAST COLONY, GEORGIA
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1730'S-1740'S
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DATE OF GREAT AWAKENING
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1754-1763
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DATE OF FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
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1754
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DATE OF ALBANY PLAN OF UNION
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1763
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DATE OF TREATY OF PARIS ENDING F-I WAR
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1767
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DATE OF TOWNSHEND DUTIES
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1770
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DATE OF BOSTON MASSACRE
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1772-3
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DATE OF COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
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1773
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DATE OF BOSTON TEA PARTY
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1774
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DATE OF FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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1775
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DATE OF LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
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1775
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DATE OF SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
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1776
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DATE OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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1777
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DATE OF BATTLE OF SARATOGA
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1781
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DATE OF BATTLE OF YORKTOWN
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1783
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DATE OF TREATY OF PARIS ENDING WAR FOR AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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SPIN-OFF COLONY
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COLONY BEGUN BY SETTLERS FROM ANOTHER COLONY
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ORIGINAL COLONY
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COLONY FOUNDED BY SETTLERS FROM ENGLAND
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LIBERAL CONSTITUTION
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CONSTITUTION THAT INCLUDES INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS
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NORTH CAROLINA
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SPIN-OFF COLONY FOUNDED BY SETTLERS FROM VIRGINIA
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GEORGIA
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LAST ORIGINAL COLONY, FOUNDED BY OGLETHORPE AS A DEBTORS COLONY
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DEBTOR
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ONE WHO OWES MONEY & IN THE 18TH CENTURY WOULD BE IMPRISONED FOR IT
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GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
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1688 ENGLISH REVOLUTION THAT ESTABLISHED SUPREMACY OF PARLIAMENT
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
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PRE-EMINENT ADHERENT OF ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS IN COLONIAL AMERICA
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SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD
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GREAT AWAKENING WORK BY JONATHAN EDWARDS
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BAPTISTS
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AMERICAN DENOMINATION STRENGTHENED BY THE GREAT AWAKENING
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PRESBYTERIANS
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AMERICAN DENOMINATION STRENGTHENED BY THE GREAT AWAKENING
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TARIFFS
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TAX ON IMPORTS
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COLONIAL ELITES
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SOUTHERN PLANTERS & NORTHERN MERCHANTS WHO DOMINATED COLONIAL POLITICS
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GENTRY
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WEALTHY COLONIAL LAND OWNERS
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SOCIAL MOBILITY
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HOW EASY OR HARD IT IS TO MOVE UP IN CLASS
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LITIGATION
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GOING TO COURT OVER ISSUES LIKE PRIVACY, SEARCH & SEIZURE
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BRITISH CONSTITUTION
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INFORMAL BODY OF CUSTOMARY LAWS THAT DEFINED THE GOVERNMENT OF ENGLAND & THE RIGHTS OF ENGLISHMEN
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RIGHTS OF ENGLISHMEN
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RIGHTS OF PRIVACY, FREE SPEECH, ETC THAT THE COLONISTS SAID BELONGED TO THEM AS SUBJECTS OF THE ENGLISH KING
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DUE PROCESS
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SET OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS THAT PROTECT YOU WHEN YOU ARE ACCUSED OF A CRIME
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JOHN LOCKE
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BRITISH POLITICAL THEORIST WHOSE IDEAS ON NATURAL LAW AND INALIENABLE RIGHTS INSPIRED JEFFERSON'S DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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RADICALS
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COLONISTS LIKE SAM ADAMS, PATRICK HENRY WHO BELIEVED THAT THE COLONIES SHOULD SPLIT FROM ENGLAND
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MODERATES
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COLONISTS WHO BELIEVED THAT THE ENGLISH WERE SCREWING THE COLONISTS BUT THAT WE SHOULD REMAIN A PART OF THE EMPIRE
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INALIENABLE RIGHTS
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RIGHTS THAT ARE A PART OF BEING A MAN, SO CANNOT BE TAKEN AWAY--MOSTLY INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES
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MILITIAS
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COLONIAL/STATE MILITARY REGIMENTS, AS OPPOSED TO PERMANENT STANDING ARMIES LIKE THE cONTINENTAL ARMY
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BLOCKADE
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NAVAL BLOCKING OF COASTAL PORTS TO WEAKEN AN ENEMY
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FORMATION FIGHTING
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ORGANIZED BATTLE IN LINES, ALWAYS FAVORS THE BETTER SUPPLIED
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GUERILLA FIGHTING
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INFORMAL AMBUSHING, FLANKING, SURPRISE ATTACKS, ETC. TAUGHT BY VONSTEUBEN, WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE
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MANUMISSION
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FREEING A SLAVE
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BENJAMIN BANNEKER
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BLACK ARCHITECT & WRITER WHO HELPED LAY OUT WASHINGTON DC
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PHYLLIS WHEATLEY
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BOSTON POET AND SLAVE
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