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Samuel
Adams
colonial leader who
raised the cry of “no
taxation without
representation”
proper noun
Stamp Act
proper noun
imported
law that required a
government tax stamp
on all legal documents,
such as contracts and
licenses
bought from another
country
verb
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writs of
assistance
gave customs officers
the right to search
colonial homes for
smuggled goods without
a search warrant
noun
Boston
Massacre
incident when British
soldiers fired into an
angry crowd in Boston,
killing innocent
civilians
proper noun
Committees of
Correspondence
groups formed to spread
the news of British
injustices from colony
to colony
proper noun
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Intolerable
Acts
colonial term for the
four laws passed in
Parliament to punish the
rebellious colonists
proper noun
First
Continental
Congress
group of representatives
from each colony
gathered in response to
the Intolerable Acts
proper noun
minutemen
noun
colonial soldiers,
formed by the
Continental Congress,
who would be ready to
resist a British attack
with short notice
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Second
Continental
Congress
second group of
representatives from
each colony who
formed the Continental
Army and issued a
national currency
proper noun
Thomas
Jefferson
member of the Second
Continental Congress
proper noun
Continental
Army
army formed by the
Second Continental
Congress; led by
George Washington
proper noun
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John
Adams
colonial leader;
suggested choosing
George Washington to
lead the Continental
Army
proper noun
Battle of
Bunker Hill
first major battle of the
Revolutionary War;
gave the colonists
confidence even though
the British won
proper noun
Loyalist
colonists who remained
loyal to Britain
proper noun
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differentiate
make a distinction
between
verb
philosophy
set of ideas
noun
Thomas
Paine
British journalist who
was a powerful voice
speaking out for
independence; wrote
Common Sense, which
condemned monarchy
and George III
proper noun
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Common
Sense
influential pamphlet
written by Thomas
Paine that called for a
declaration of
independence
proper noun
Virginia
Declaration
of Rights
document issued by the
Virginia Convention of
Delegates that was the
first official call for
American independence
proper noun
Abigail
Adams
wife of John Adams;
wrote letters to her
husband throughout the
Revolutionary War and
during the early years of
the new American
republic
proper noun
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Redcoats
British army; term
comes from their red
uniforms
proper noun
prospects
expectations for the
future
noun
Battle of
Saratoga
battle that is considered
the turning point of the
Revolutionary War
proper noun
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location where General
Washington and his
troops spent the winter
of 1777-1778; a low
point of the Revolution
Valley
Forge
proper noun
situation in which paper
money loses value and
prices soar
inflation
noun
Marquis de
Lafayette
20-year-old French
noble who was like a
son to General
Washington; his help
became crucial in the
outcome of the war
proper noun
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George
Rogers Clark
pioneer on the western
frontier in Kentucky
who led a small force of
Americans in important
victories in the area
north and west of the
Ohio River
proper noun
Nathanael
Greene
American commander
in North Carolina
proper noun
Charles
Cornwallis
British commander who
surrendered at
Yorktown
proper noun
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Count de
Rochambeau
French general who led
French troops in
America against the
British
proper noun
Bernardo de
Gálvez
Spanish governor of
Louisiana who attacked
British forts on the
Mississippi and along
the gulf Coast in West
Florida
proper noun
Battle of
Yorktown
American victory that,
in effect, ended the war
proper noun
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Treaty of
Paris
agreement in 1783 in
which Britain formally
recognized the United
States as an independent
nation
proper noun
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