Revolutionary War

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Meeting of colonial leaders to ask king to correct problems and write Declaration of Independence

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First Continental Congress

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Tax requiring a stamp on purchases of paper goods; first direct tax on colonists

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Stamp Act

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Coercive Acts - shut down port, no town meetings, house soldiers, no charter

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Intolerable Acts

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Tax requested by Prime Minister Greenville to pay for the French and Indian War

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Sugar Act

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Pamphlet by Thomas Paine that said citizens should make laws

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Common Sense

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Phrase that expresses why colonists hated British taxes

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No taxation without representation

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Place where Continental Army spent the winter with little food, clothing, or supplies

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Valley Forge

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Battle that was a major turning point in the war - Patriots got support of European countries

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Saratoga

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Group of people that made the biggest contribution to the war effort

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soldiers

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Taxes on glass, lead, paper, and tea; allowed British officials to search for smuggled goods

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Townshend Acts