American Revolution Flashcards

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Boston Tea Party

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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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Sons of Liberty

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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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Patriots

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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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Loyalists

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

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Neutralists

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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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Declaration of Independence

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

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Treaty of Paris (1783)

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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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Cause of the American Revolution

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Taxation resulting from the French and Indian War.

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Turning point event in American Revolution

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The Boston Tea Party.

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Year of the Boston Massacre

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1770