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During the Battle of _________________, Americans surprised Hessian troops guarding Trenton and took most of them prisoner.

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Trenton

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(1754-1763) War fought in the colonies between the English and the French for possession of the Ohio Valley area. The English won.

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French and Indian War

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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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1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

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Stamp Act

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A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution

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Sons of Liberty

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series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party

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Intolerable Acts

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American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won

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Patriots

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American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

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Loyalists

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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation

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Common Sense