American Revolution Vocab

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British order forbidding colonists to settle west of the Appalachians

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Proclamation of 1763

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Government income

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Revenue

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Secret society opposing British policies

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Sons of Liberty

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Colonists who supported the rebels

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Patriots

Answer explanation

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Native American Revolt against the British in 1763

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Pontiac's Rebellion

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Meeting in Philadelphia, 1774, addressing issues with Britain.

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First Continental Congress

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First battles of the Revolutionary War

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Lexington and Concord

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A ruler who uses power unjustly or cruelly

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Tyrant

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African American killed by British in the Boston Massacre

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Crispus Attucks

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A force of armed civilians pledging to defend their community.

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Militia