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- 3. American Founding Father, politician, military officer, and farmer who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
- 6. An American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention
- 9. Thomas Paine document that brought clarity
- 10. the first major military campaign of the American Revolutionary War
- 11. american protest on December 16,1773
- 14. Spurred by local pressure groups
- 16. Minutemen were members of the organized New England colonial militia companies trained in weaponry
- 17. A British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British land forces
- 18. The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued by King George III on 7 October 1763.
- 21. not helping or supporting either side in a conflict
- 22. contained the provisions the U.S. commissioners had originally requested
- 26. theory or model that usually, although not always, concerns the legitimacy of the authority of the state over the individual.
- 27. Sometimes referred to as the Insufferable Acts or Coercive Acts
- 28. movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th centuries
- 29. census-designated place in York County, Virginia
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- 1. economics-themed board game also historic term
- 2. those that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular culture or government
- 4. surrendered at the siege of Yorktown
- 5. seven british soliders angering colony
- 7. American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown
- 8. a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.
- 12. ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War between Great Britain and France
- 13. A spokesman for democracy, was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence
- 15. of Independence is the founding document of the U.S.
- 19. an armed conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution
- 20. A theater of seven years war
- 23. a political philosophy that balances the concepts of positive liberty and negative liberty.
- 24. an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers
- 25. The act required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
