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A proclamation from the British government which forbade British colonists from settling west of the Appalacian Mountains
A tax that the British Pariliament placed on newspapers and official documents sold in the American Colonies.
In response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774
an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power
A 1775 conflict between colonial minutemen & British soldiers attempting to take the colonists' large store of arms
A person who supported the British during the American Revolution
These rights are fundamental or natural rights guaranteed to people naturally instead of by the law
material distributed by those in favor of a specific cause and reflecting their point of view
A person who supported the colonists during the American Revolution
English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract
September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia
On July 8, 1775, the colonies made a final offer of peace to Britain
organized by patriot leader Samuel Adams
citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor
Army formed in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation.
type of fighting in which soldiers use swift hit-and-run attacks against the enemy
a group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies
a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal
British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them
Colonists felt that the laws and taxes passed by the British were unfair because they had no
The document approved by representatives of the American colonies in 1776
American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride
to refuse to buy items from a particular country
Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in a minute

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