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"common sense": Written by Thomas Paine, made a strong case for American independence. Sold more the 100,000 copies in three months.
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Battle of lexington concord: Paul revere and others rode through the night from Boston to Lexington to alert the colonial militias and minutemen that the British were coming. When the british got to Lexington, the colonials were armed and waiting, no one know who fired the firstshot but the war had begun and the Americans showed that they were not afraid to fight
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Boston massacre: On march 5, 1770, tensions finally exploded into violence. A group and dockworkers- amoung them crispus Attucks-started trading insults kn front of the custom house. S fight broke out, and th soldiers began firing. A Attucks and four others were killed
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Boston tea party: In new York city and philidalphia, colonists blocked tea ships from landing. In Boston a group of men disguised themselves as native Americans boarded three ships and threw the tea overboard. Threw 345 crates of tea in the harbor
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Continental comgress: In September of 1744, delegates from all the colonies except Georgia met in philidalphia. . They decided to ban all trade to britian until the intolerable acts were repealed. They also instructed each colony to begin trining troops
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Intolerable acts: In 1774, parliament passed a series of a
Laws to punish the massachusetts colony and to other colonies. One was to close the port until they paid forward the tea. Others banned committees of correspondence allowed birtian to house troops, and let british officials have stand trial in britian, not in america
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John adams: Was a lawyer and a cousin of Samuel Adams defended the redcoats in court. He was criticized for taking the case. He argues that they shot in self defense. The jury agreed
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King George the third: The british monarch, who wanted to enforse the proclamation and also keep peace with britians native American allies.
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Loyalists: Those who supported the british
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Olive branch petition: This document asked the king to rest harmony between britian and the colonies. Some members even signed it in hopes. Of getting the king to sign it. He just threw it away
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Parliment: England's chief lawmaking body
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Partiots: Those who sided with the rebels
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Paul revere: Was a Boston silversmith and the second messenger, willian bawes, were charged spearing the news about british troop movements
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Proclamation of 1763: which forbade colonists to settle west of the applachians
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Quartering act: In 1765 the parliament passed It This was a cost-saving measure that required the colonists to quarter or house the british soldiers and prove them with supplies
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Sam adams: He was a leader of the boston sons of liberty. Adams urged colonists to continue to resist British controls
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Sons of liberty: They were a group to oppose biritishs policies. They were lawyers, merchants, and craftspeople-the colonists most affected by the stamp act
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Stamp act: In 1765 the parliament passed it. This law required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid
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Sugar act: In 1764 the parliament passed it. This law placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies
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Thomas paine: Wrote "common sense"
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Townshend acts: They suspended new Yorks assembly until new Yorkers agreed to provide housing for the troops. The other acts placed duties, or important taxes, on various goods which we collected before enterine the colonies. They thought that this would anger them less then the stamp act. The money would be used for british soldiers salaries. Britian officials would use riots to check for smuggled goods to inforce it
