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1st Continental Congress: response to Intolerable Acts, wrote letter to King and if he did not reply, they would meet again-1774
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2nd CC: wrote Olive Branch Petition to keep peace with Britain-May 1775
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Admin. of Justice Act: all court trials for important Tories would take place in Britain, they were unfair- May 20, 1774
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Battle of Bunker Hill: June 17, 1775, Washington's first battle
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Battle of Lexington and Concord: 1st battle of the Revolutionary War, "shot heard around the world," ride of Paul Revere, Dr. Prescott, and William Dawes (18th)- April 18/19, 1775
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Boston Massacre: an accident of the British soldiers but made a big deal by propaganda of the rebellions, only 5 people died-1770
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Boston Port Bill: closed the port in Boston to all visitors, 1st Intolerable Act- March 31, 1774
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Boston Tea Party: people disguised as Indians raided a ship and poured all of the Tea into the harbor-Dec 16, 1773
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Committees of Correspondence: groups of colonists that would send letters by horse to each other to see what was going on-1772
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Currency Act: colonists were only allowed to use British currency-1764
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Declaration of Independence: written to separate from British in June-August, 1776
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Declaratory Act: Whatever the King says goes, "In all cases whatsoever..."-1766
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Gaspee Affair: The Sons of Liberty burned down the ship, the Gaspee-1772
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Massachusetts Gov. Act: took all the rebels out of the government and replaced them with Tories- May 20, 1774
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Navigation Acts: Only certain ships were allowed in and out of the harbors and they were only allowed to travel to certain places-1763-64
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Olive Branch Petition: written by John Dickinson during 2nd CC, King was so disturbed he did not open it-1775
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Paine's "Common Sense": book to tell why British are wrong- January 1776
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Proclamation of 1763: The colonies were not allowed to pass the Appalachian Mountains because they did not want another war with the Indians-1763
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Quartering Act: British soldiers could come up and ask for food, drink, and shelter, and you had to let them in, no privacy- June 2, 1774
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Quebec Act: the land of Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, and Indiana went to Quebec and took away MA's charter to explore-June 22, 1774
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Repeal of Stamp Act: Stamp Act repealed-1766, same day as Declaratory Act
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Repeal Townshend Act: Repeal Townshend Act-1770
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Sons of Liberty: A rebellion of people organized by Sam Adams-1765
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Stamp Act: an internal tax on all paper necessities-1765
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Stamp Act Congress: A congress formed to help get the Stamp Act repealed-1765
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Sugar Act: an external tax on sugar cane, maple syrup, and other sugars-1764
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Tea Act: a monopoly for the East India Tea Company, had to buy the tea at a lower price but taxed, so it was more expensive-1773
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Townshend Act: an external tax on paper, tea, glass, and other necessities-1767
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Treaty of Paris: Treaty that ended the French and Indian War and gave British the land from the Appalachians to the Mississippi River-1763
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Washington named C-in-C: Commander in Chief-June 15, 1775