American Revolution Key Events and Concepts

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The treaty that ended the American Revolution in 1783 and recognized the United States as an independent nation.

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Treaty of Paris (1783)

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An event in 1770 where British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, increasing tensions between the colonies and Britain.

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Boston Massacre

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Those who wanted to stay out of the conflict between the American colonists and the British, taking neither side.

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Neutralists

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The official document written in 1776, declaring the American colonies' Independence from British rule.

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Declaration of Independence

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The name used for American colonists who remained loyal to the British crown during the American Revolution.

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Loyalists

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A significant event in 1773 where American colonists threw British tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act.

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Boston Tea Party

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Colonists who were ready to respond quickly to a call to arms, often serving as local militia.

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minutemen

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The group of American colonists who supported Independence from British rule and were willing to fight for it.

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Patriots

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The period of conflict and war between the American colonies and Great Britain, lasting from 1775 to 1783.

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American Revolution

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A group of colonists who opposed British taxation and other forms of control over the American colonies, often using protests and boycotts.

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Sons of Liberty