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- 3. agreement signed on February 6, 1778 between France and the United States, in which each country agreed to help the other defend itself against England
- 4. a riot that occurred on March 5,1770
- 7. 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
- 9. British law passed in 1756 that imposed a tax on all printed materials; contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War
- 13. British law passed after the American Revolutionary war that required colonists to stay east of the Appalachian Mountains
- 17. 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.
- 19. an agreement for mutual benefit between an individual, group, or community and its government
- 20. English philosopher from the Enlightenment period; developed the idea of natural rights and the social contract
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- 1. author of the Declaration of Independence
- 2. a time of great philosophical thought
- 5. gathering of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original colonies in 1754. At this meeting, the representatives agreed that the colonies should work together to boycott British trade goods.
- 6. first military confrontation of the Revolutionary War; this battle occurred in Massachusetts, on April 19, 1775, between colonial minutemen and British soldiers.
- 8. the political theory that individuals have undeniable basic rights given to them by nature or God
- 10. colonies between 1775 and 1783, in which the colonies won
- 11. a war between England and France between 1754 and 1763; also known as the Seven Years War.
- 12. the last battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Yorktown VA, where the British army surrendered.
- 14. colonists who remained loyal to Great Britain the country the American coloniests were originally loyal to
- 15. military general of the American rebel forces; president of the Constitutional Convention and first president of the United States
- 16. this pamphlet, authored by Thomas Paine and published in 1776, inspired colonists to declare and fight for independence.
- 18. sole control of the supply of a good or service
