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Glossary

Chapter 1

Introduction to the American Revolution

The American Revolutionary War, resulted from a conflict between the British government and British subjects living in the thirteen American colonies. Between the years 1764 and 1774, the crown and his majesty’s legislature passed a number of tax measures, which the colonists fiercely opposed.

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Introduction to the American Revolution

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Introduction to the American Revolution

Outspoken American leaders took a principled position against taxes because the government that created the laws offered no representation for those being taxed. At the time, only land owning, upper-class men could vote in England and in most elections within America. But even the American voting class could not express on ballots their views on the actions of the British Parliament.

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Chapter 2

1765

“No taxation without representation” became the mantra for colonists. The British government responded unapologetically. The king and members of Parliament held that the colonists were virtually represented like most British citizens residing throughout the British Isles.

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1765

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Chapter 3

1770-1773

Colonists organized opposition to English rule. In Boston, revolutionaries created the Sons of Liberty, an opposition group that began several chapters in cities throughout the colonies. Respected leaders from Philadelphia, like Benjamin Franklin, began to speak for the cause. Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson, both from Virginia, became vocal against the British lawmakers.

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1770-1773

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1770-1773

One concept that became synonymous with the American cause was that government may not justly take life, liberty, or property without the consent of the governed. The idea made its way into the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights.

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1770-1773

After the Port of Boston was closed to punish the Boston Tea Party protesters, delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies later met in September 1774 at the First Continental Congress to respond. 

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Chapter 4

1775

By the spring of 1775, the British army was an ever-present force in the colonies. In an attempt to seize American weapons near Boston, British soldiers and colonial minutemen fought at the battles of Lexington and Concord.

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1775

A Second Continental Congress met in May 1775 and established the Continental Army under George Washington. After the battle of Bunker Hill the following month, colonial leaders offered the Olive Branch Petition for peace to King George. It was rejected.

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