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lawmaking body of Great Britain
What is parliament
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Use warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor
What is blockade
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money paid to the government
What is TAX
100
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
What is Thomas Jefferson
100
First Battle of Revolutionary War
What is Lexington and Concord
200
Famous for riding through the towns on horseback to warn that the British were coming
Who is Paul Revere
200
will not buy good in Great Britain
What is boycott
200
A written statement to the British government that the colonies should become independent, or free from British rule
What is Declaration of Independence
200
laws and people that rule a country, state or town
What is government
200
laws passed to punish colonists for dumping tea. THe harbor was closed, no more town meetings, soldiers live with colonists
What is Intolerable Acts
300
war broke out when French began building forts on common British/French land
What is French and Indian War
300
placed taxes on items like newspapers and pamplets
What is the Stamp Act
300
colonists were against British rule
What is PATRIOTS
300
many colonists joined as volunteer soldiers
What is militia
300
To import goods illegally
What is smuggling
400
The King of Great Britain
Who is King George III
400
British Governement said colonists could not move into lands west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is Proclamation of 1763
400
colonists felt parliament had no right to tax them since they had no voters in Parliament
What is Taxation without representation
400
colonists who would be ready to fight in a minute's notice to fight in a battle
What is Minutemen
400
A fight against a government
What is rebellion
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Colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain
What is Loyalists
500
Colonial leaders from all the colonies met to talk about how they should deal with Great Britain
What is Continental Congress
500
Colonists dressed as Mohawks to dump tea in Boston Harbor in protest against the Tea Act
What is Boston Tea Party
500
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army
Who is George Washington
500
freedom from being controlled by another government
What is Liberty
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