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Albany Plan: plan to unite colonies into one governing body with representatives during the French and Indian War
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August 2, 1776: signed the Declaration of Independence
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Battle of Bunker Hill: a "costly" victory for the British
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Battle of Princeton: Patriot victory a few days after Trenton
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Battle of Quebec: Patriots lose here because of disease and bad weather
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Battle of Saratoga: the "turning point" in the American Revolution
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Battle of Trenton: Washington crossed the Delaware River to win here
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Benedict Arnold: Patriot hero who switched sides during the war
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Benjamin Franklin: creator of the Albany Plan
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boycott: refusing to buy or support something
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Disaster at New York: George Washington's troops narrowly escape
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Edward Braddock: British general who was killed during a battle in 1755
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Edward Rutledge
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Authur Middleton
Thomas Heyward, Jr.: signed the Declaration of Independence for SC
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Ethan Allen
Benedict Arnold: captured Fort Ticonderoga for the Patriots
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Fort Ticonderoga: Patriot capture this fort early in 1775
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George Washington: Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army
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George Whitefield: America's first celebrity/went on 7 preaching tours
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George Whitefield: created America's first orphanage
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Henry Knox: brought cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston
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hessians: German mercenaries
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hornbook: used to teach the colonial children the alphabet
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Intolerable Act: taxes meant to punish Boston, Massachusetts
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James Wolfe: British general who lead an attack on Quebec
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John Hancock
Samuel Adams: men the British were going to arrest in Concord
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Jonathon Edwards: wrote Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
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July 2, 1776: colonies voted to be independent
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July 4, 1776: voted to accept the Declaration of Independence
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Line of Proclamation: forbade the colonists to settle west of Appalachians
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loyalists: colonists who remained loyal to Britain
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Marquis de Montcalm: French general who was defeated attacked at Quebec
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mercenaries: people who were hired to fight for Britain
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Ole Deluder Satan Act: a town with 50 families has to have a school/teacher
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Paul Revere: painted an important picture of the Boston Massacre
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Paul Revere
William Dawes
Samuel Prescott: warned the colonists that the British were coming
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Quartering Act: colonists must provide for British soldiers
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Samuel Adams: leader on the Sons of Liberty and the Committees of Coorespondence
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Samuel Davies: leader of the Great Awakening in the south
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Sons of Liberty: group who protested against laws and led boycotts
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Stamp Act: first internal tax (tax on things made by the colonists)
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Stamp Act: tax that required a stamp on all legal documents
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Stamp Act: first act to be repealed by the British government
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Sugar Act: tax on all imported goods (silk, sugar, coffee)
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Tea Act: gave Britain a monopoly of the sale of tea
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The Great Awakening: a spiritual revival in all 13 colonies in the 1700s
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Thomas Jefferson: wrote most of the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Lynch, Sr.: died before he was able to sign the D.O.I.
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Thomas Paine: wrote Common Sense
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Townshend Act: tax on lead, paint, glass, tea
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William Pitt: British leader who devised a plan to defeat the French
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writs of assistance: search warrants