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- 5. a conflict primarily fought between Britain and France over New World territory
- 8. was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".
- 9. were the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act.
- 10. fought on April 19, 1775, kicked off the American Revolutionary War (1775-83).
- 12. his surrender at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781, which effectively ended hostilities and led to peace negotiations between Great Britain and the United States
- 14. a period of intellectual ferment in the thirteen American colonies in the 18th to 19th century, which led to the American Revolution, and the creation of the United States of America.
- 15. was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States.
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- 1. was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809.
- 2. A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.
- 3. a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.
- 4. adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain.
- 6. colonist loyal to Great Britain during the American Revolution.
- 7. was a deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston.
- 11. was a British Army officer who rose to become Commander-in-Chief of British land forces in the Colonies during the American War of Independence.
- 13. was a political protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin's Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts.