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6
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The Continental Army took hills south of Boston, armed with artillery from Fort Ticonderoga.
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7
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The continental Army took northern hills overlooking Boston.
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9
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Paul Revere rode from Boston to warn the colonists the colonists that the 'Redcoats' were coming.
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10
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Congress sent this to the King, asking him to bring peace between the colonies and Britian.
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11
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A sudden, radical, or complete change.
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They voted to boycott Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. Each colony would train a militia, a volunteer army.
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16
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British soldiers stationed in Boston upset the colonists. A fight broke out, British soldiers fired, and five colonists were killed.
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17
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Thomas Paine, an immigrant from England, wrote his pamphlet to convince colonists of declaring independence.
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18
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Made it illegal for colonists to settle west of the Appalachians because Britian did not want to pay for more war with the Natives.
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19
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The British wanted to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party, so they passed laws that the colonists called 'intolerable'.
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21
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Disguised as Natives, the Sons of Liberty boarded 3 British tea ships in Boston and dumped hundreds of crates overboard.
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22
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King George lll wanted to enforce the Proclamation of 1763 and other British laws.
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Freedom; the power to do one pleases; having rights.
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2
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A colonist who supported independence from Britian.
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3
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An organized plan to spread beliefs that often includes 'twisting' the truth.
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4
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To increase in intensity; to make more serious.
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Thomas Jefferson wrote it with the help of Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and others.
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8
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The abuse of power with harsh or unfair actions
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12
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A group of people refuses to buy goods in order to make a point or force a change.
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13
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A system in which the home nation takes colonies in order to gain resources, money, and power.
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15
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A colonist who stayed loyal to Britian and did not want independence.
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20
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This British law gave the British East India company total control over the American tea trade.
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