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Group of people gathered to defend a settlement.
Militia
A patriot was....
a person who wanted to separate from Britain
Leader of the Continental Army for the Patriots
George Washington
Saying for colonists angry they had no voice in parliament.
No Taxation without Representation
This battle marked the beginning of the American Revolution and was the "shot heard round the world"?
Battle of Lexington & Concord
What was the shot heard around the World?
Bullet fired at the battle of Lexington and Concord, effectively beginning the American Revolution
Fight in the streets over taxation & freedom; 5 colonist killed by British troops.
Boston Massacre
A Tory or Loyalist was
A person who did not want to separate from Britain
Who said "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Patrick Henry
Secret group of men and women that went against the stamp act/believed in freedom
Sons of Liberty
The word that was used to describe the colonists complaints about King George's Acts
Grievance
money generated from taxes
Revenue
What is Paul Revere famous for
Declaring the British are coming as the British arrived in Massachusetts
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The "acts" that Britain passed to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party were called...
The Intolerable Acts
The patriots were upset that they were being taxed with out a representative in the British government explaining their side, and they use the phrase ___ _________ _____________ _____________ to describe this
No Taxation without Representation.
The First continental Congress was the first time....
the colonists came together to decide how to respond to King George
Declared that people had unalienable rights and that the taxes by King George were made without the colonists consent.
Declaration of Independence