American Revolution Vocabulary and Historical Figures

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The right to have life, liberty and property

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natural rights

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colonist during the Revolutionary War who supported the independence from Britain

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patriot

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speaking or acting on behalf of someone or a group of people

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representation

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He said this "a traitor is everyone who does not agree with me"

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King George III

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He was the 1st U.S. President

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George Washington

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Protest by colonists where they threw British tea into the Boston harbor

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Boston Tea Party

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He was a scientist in colonial America

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Benjamin Franklin

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a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state

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democracy

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a tax on all paper documents in the colonies

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stamp act

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a tax on molasses and other sugar products

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sugar act

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a colonist during the Revolutionary War who supported the British

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loyalist

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refusing to buy or handle goods as a form of protest

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boycott

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He was the principle writer of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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law requiring colonists to buy their tea from the British East India Company

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Tea Act

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a form of government with a king at the head

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monarchy

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incident where British soldiers shot and killed colonists in Boston

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Boston Massacre

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He was the 3rd President of the United States

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Thomas Jefferson

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civilian colonists who independently organized to form well prepared militia companies

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minutemen

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meeting or series of meetings between political delegates

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congress

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He helped negotiate the end to the Revolutionary War

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Benjamin Franklin

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He represented Virginia in the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress

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George Washington

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statement declaring the freedom of the 13 colonies from Great Britain

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Declaration of Independence

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He ruled Great Britain during the American Revolution

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King George III

American Revolution Vocabulary and Historical Figures

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American Revolution Vocabulary and Historical Figures

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