Hint
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Answer
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Declaration of Independence Year
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1776
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Type of Government used in England at the time
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Monarchy
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Final Battle and Surrender- American city
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Yorktown
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The state where the Boston Tea Party and actual fighting of the Revolutionary war STARTED.
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Massachusetts
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The King put limits and taxes on colonial income from ________
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trade
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American soldiers who were prepared to be ready to fight with a "minute's notice."
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Minutemen
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How many years the war for American Independence lasted
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7
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The nation who helped the Americans win
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France
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Product that was dumped in Boston Harbor
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Tea
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The First Continental Congress- the colonies promised to support Massachusetts in case of ______ attack.
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British
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The act that required a tax to be paid on all printed papers (news, legal docs, etc.)
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Stamp Act
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General of the American Troops
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Washington
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Intolerable Acts = Punishment for Boston Tea ________
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Party
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The American Army was also called the ___________ Army
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Continental
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British General who surrendered to Washington at the final battle of the war
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Cornwallis
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The name for colonists who did NOT want Independence.
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Loyalists
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The rule that required colonists to house and feed British troops
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Quartering
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The first gun shot at Lexington & Concord: "The shot heard around the _______"
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world
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What the Colonists called the British soldiers
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Redcoats
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The first battle of the war: Lexington and ________
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Concord
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Lantern warning signals: "One if by land, two if by ______"
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sea
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Colonists did not want to pay ______
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taxes
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His Midnight Ride to warn about the arrival of British Soldiers made the news!
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Paul Revere
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He's famous for being a traitor to the American side
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Benedict Arnold
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A French aristocrat who got French resources and support for the Americans
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Lafayette
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British King during the American Revolution
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George III
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The section of the Declaration where the colonists list their complaints against the king.
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Grievances
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A main author to the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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The Americans reacted to the Intolerable Acts by having a meeting called: The 1st Continental _______
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Congress
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