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29 Cards in this Set
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A proposal for the colonies to unite to form a federal government
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Albany Plan of Union
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General search warrants
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Writs of Assistance
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Designed to communicate with other colonies about British activities
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Committee of Correspondence
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A group of laws that led the colonists to believe that the British were trying to seize control of the colonial government
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Intolerable Acts
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Law that forced the colonists to pay more for their own defense
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Quartering Act
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General and commander of the British troops
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William Howe
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Naval commander in one of the most famous naval battles of the War for independence
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John Paul Jones
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French military officer who helped train American troops
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Marquis de Lafayette
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British general who led troops in the Southern campaign
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Charles Cornwallis
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American spy on the British who was caught and hanged
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Nathan Hale
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The first skirmish of the French and Indian War occurred because both the French and British wanted this territory
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Ohio River Valley
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Washington’s decision to attack in New Jersey was a surprise to the British because it was during this time of year
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Winter
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The colonists protested the Stamp Act by refusing to buy goods from this country
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England
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At the suggestion of Thomas Jefferson, the colonies formed an organization called this
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Committee of Correspondence
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What two “Acts” became known as the “Intolerable Acts”?
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Quartering Act and Coercive Acts
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Paying for the war was difficult for the Continental Congress because it lacked this power.
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Taxing
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The American victory at Saratoga was a turning point in the war because it convinced this country to commit troops to the American cause
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France
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The fighting between the French and British during the French and Indian War eventually spread to Europe, where it later became known as this war
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Seven Years War
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The town of Concord created a special unit of men called _________, who were trained and ready to fight at a moment’s notice
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Minutemen
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The American Revolution was not only a war between the Americans and the British, but also a civil war between the Patriots and the ________.
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Loyalists
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To disrupt British trade, the Continental Congress issued letters of ______, or licenses, authorizing private ship owners to attack British merchant ships
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Marque
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He said, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country?”
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Nathan Hale
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He is known as an American traitor
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Benedict Arnold
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He said, “I have not yet begun to fight.”
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John Paul Jones
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This “Act” required the colonies to pay more for their own defense
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Quartering Act
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This “Act “prohibited colonists from settling west of an imaginary line running north to south along the Appalachian Mountains
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Royal Proclamation of 1763
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British prime minister who introduced the Sugar Act.
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George Grenville
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He warned Lexington that the British were coming
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Paul Revere and William Dawes
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His nickname was the “Swamp Fox
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Francis Marion
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