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Events leading to the Revolutionary War

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the war between the colonies and Britain for independence   American Revolution  
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a tax placed on all printed goods in the colonies   Stamp Act  
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a person ready to fight in a minutes notice in the colonies   minutemen  
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to refuse to buy   boycott  
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A group of men who organized the Boston Tea Party and other protests in the colonies   Sons of Liberty  
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A group of women who organized to help during the Revolutionary War by making cloth and tea during the boycott   Daughters of Liberty  
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What was the motto that explained why the colonists were angry with Britain over taxes?   "No taxation without representation!"  
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Who organized the Sons of Liberty   Samuel Adams  
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Who said, "Give me Liberty, or Give me death?"   Patrick Henry  
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to refuse to buy or participate   boycott  
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A group formed to spread information throughout the colonies about the events between the British and colonists   Committees of Correspondance  
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Which patriot is famous for warning colonists of the British attack?   Paul Revere  
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Which battle began with "the shot heard round the world?"   Lexington  
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Which event caused the Intolerable Acts?   Boston Tea Party  
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Who offered to lead men into battle for the relief of Boston   George Washington  
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Which brief battle forced the British to retreat to Boston?   Concord  
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Laws calling for a tax on imported goods   Townshend Act  
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to cancel or take away   repeal  
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a colonist who opposed British rule   patriot  
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a colonist who felt the colonists should not rebel against the King's rule   loyalist  
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a group who could be ready to fight very quickly for their colony   minutemen  
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He defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre   John Adams  
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colonists dressed like Mohawks dumped tea in the harbor   Boston Tea Party  
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These laws closed down Boston Harbor until the tea was payed for and required colonists to house and feed soldiers   Intolerable Acts  
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Britain's lawmaking body   Parliament  
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the killing of 5 colonists by British soldiers after an argument on Boston's streets between the soldiers and a group of colonists   Boston Massacre  
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one of the people killed in the Boston Massacre   Crispus Attucks  
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Most of the events leading to the Revolutionary War happened in this important port city   Boston  
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a tax on imported goods   tariff  
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this law caused the Boston Tea Party   Tea Act  
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The largest city in the colonies and where the First Continental Congress met   Philadelphia  
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A meeting where colonists decided to organize militias and stop all trade with Britain   First Continental Congress  
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