The American Revolution

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  1. 2. this pamphlet, authored by Thomas Paine and published in 1776, inspired colonists to declare and fight for independence.
  2. 6. a person, or a group of people, who remain neutral in foreign affairs
  3. 8. author of the Declaration of Independence; third president of the United States of America
  4. 9. the act by which Continental Congress declared the colonies to be free and independent of England on July 4, 1776.
  5. 10. Founding father from Virginia who was famous for saying “Give me liberty or give me or give me death."
  6. 12. first military confrontation of the Revolutionary War; this battle occurred in massachusetts,on April 19, 1775, between colonial minutemen and British soldiers.
  7. 14. a riot that occurred on March 5, 1770 in the city of Boston when colonists confronted British troops and the troops fired upon and killed several colonists.
  8. 17. Commander in chief of the British army during the American Revolutionary War.
  9. 19. colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain, during the American Revolution. Also known as Tories
  10. 20. a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 enacted to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party.
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  1. 1. a time of great philosophical thought and scientific invention in Europe, during the 18th century
  2. 3. sole control of the supply of a good or service
  3. 4. British general who surrendered at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
  4. 5. 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. 7. the philosophical concept expressing the balance sought in the system of government in the United States.
  6. 11. 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.
  7. 13. English philosopher from the Enlightenment period; developed the idea of natural rights and the social contract.
  8. 15. gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original colonies in 1754.
  9. 16. a war between England and France between 1754 and 1763; also known as the Seven Years War.
  10. 18. the political theory that individuals have undeniable basic rights given to them by nature or God