The American Revolution

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  1. 4. Author of the Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and the third president of the United States.
  2. 6. First president of the united States; general during the American Revolution.
  3. 7. An American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution.
  4. 9. It was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution.
  5. 10. The book that challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy.
  6. 11. Representation
  7. 12. A right that's naturally given and cant be taken away.
  8. 13. An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act.
  9. 15. A minor skirmsih that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers
  10. 16. The national legislature of the United Kingdom, made up of the House of Lords and the House of Commons.
  11. 18. A series of acts passed, beginning in 1767, by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America.
  12. 19. An act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
  13. 20. A raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company.
  14. 21. The authority of a state to govern itself or another state.
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  1. 1. The revival of the Townsend Act agreeing not to import British items especially luxury items.
  2. 2. The first battle of the American Revolution
  3. 3. The bill that creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech.
  4. 5. The name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing.
  5. 8. They signed this document to free the colonies from Britain; we celebrate it on July 4th.
  6. 14. It ended the American Revolutionary War.
  7. 17. The author of Common Sense