The End of the War

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  1. 4. British law passed in 1756 that imposed a tax on all printed materials; contributed to the start of the American Revolutionary War
  2. 7. gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original colonies in 1754; at this meeting, the representatives agreed tat the colonies should work together to boycott British trade goods
  3. 8. the political theory that individuals have undeniable basic rights given to them by nature or God
  4. 9. American colonists who were ready to fight at a minute's notice;these soldiers fought against the British army at the Battle of Lexington and Concord
  5. 12. a time of great philosophical thought and scientific invention in Europe, during the Eighteenth Century
  6. 15. colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain, during the American Revolution;also known as Tories
  7. 17. the act by which the Continental Congress declared the colonies to be free and independent of England on July 4, 1776
  8. 18. this pamphlet, authored by Thomas Paine and published in 1776, inspired colonists to declare and fight for independence
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  1. 1. a riot that occured on March 5,1770 in the city of Boston wen colonists confronted British troops fired upon and killed several colonists
  2. 2. a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 enacted to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party
  3. 3. colonists who called for independence from Great Britain, during the American Revolution
  4. 5. English philosopher from the Enlightenment period; developed the idea of natural rights and the social contract
  5. 6. an event where colonists, disguised as Indians, boarded three ships and tossed several hundred chests of tea into the harbor in protests against British taxes on tea
  6. 10. first military confrontation of the Revolutionary War; this battle occurred in Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775, between colonial minutemen and British soldiers
  7. 11. military general of the American rebel forces;president of the Constitutional;first president of the United States of America
  8. 13. signed by the United States and Great Britain in 1783;officially ended the Revolutionary War and acknowledged America's independence
  9. 14. an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual, group, or community, and its government
  10. 16. American revolutionary leader;author of Common Sense