American Revolution
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| Grievance | Complaint
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| Militia | Citizen soldiers, volunteers
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| New York | "These are the times that try men's souls." Battle in summer of `1776 in which Washington's men were badly beaten and had to retreat from Long Island
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| Boycott | To refuse to buy as a form of protest
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| Petition | A written request
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| Natural Rights | Rights that people are born with, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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| Propaganda | Information designed to influence public opinion
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| Patriot | Someone who supports independence
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| Loyalist | Someone who is loyal to a king
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| Martyr | Someone who dies for a religious cause
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| Olive Branch Petition | Colonists' last attempt to make peace with King George III
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| George III | King of England during the American Revolution
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| Sons of Liberty | Patriot group organized by Samuel Adams
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| Proclamation of 1763 | A document that prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
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| Stamp Act | A law that taxed all printed materials in the colonies
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| Sugar Act | A law that taxed molasses in the colonies
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| Saratoga | Benedict Arnold led the Americans to victory in New York in 1777
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| Lexington and Concord | known as the "shot heard 'round the world"
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| Yorktown | last battle of the American Revolution - Cornwallis surrendered in Virginia
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| Trenton | Washington crossed the Delaware River and surprised the Hessians to win this battle.
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| Bunker Hill | A defeat for the Americans, but the British suffered heavy casualties outside of Boston in 1775
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| Crispus Attucks | died during the Boston Massacre
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| Thomas Preston | accused of murder during the Boston Massacre
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| Bonhomme Richard | John Paul Jones beat the British Navy - "I have not yet begun to fight."
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