The American Revolution

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Ended the French and Indian War and effectively kicked the French out of North America.

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Treaty of Paris (1763)

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Stated that no colonists could settle in lands to the west of the Appalachian mountains-- made the colonists very upset.

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Proclamation of 1763

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A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies using boycotts, riots and intimidation.

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Sons of Liberty

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A series of laws to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.

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Intolerable Acts

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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that identified colonial grievances against the king and galvanized support for independence

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Common Sense

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Last major battle of the American Revolution that forced the British to surrender

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Battle of Yorktown

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Who was the commander in chief during the American Revolution and the 1st President of the United States?

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George Washington

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American intellectual, inventor, and politician who helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.

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Benjamin Franklin

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Law that taxed printed goods, including: Dice, playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

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Stamp Act

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Protest against tea tax in which Sons of Liberty dumped British tea into The Boston harbor

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Boston Tea Party