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625935729ToriesBritish loyalists
625935730mercantilismcountries try to gain wealth through gold and exporting more than they import
625935731HessiansGerman mercenaries hired by the British
625935732unalienable rightsrights that can not be taken away (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)
625935733Proclamation of 1763passed by Parliament that forbade colonists to move past the Appalachian Mountains and any already living out there had to move back
625935734Sugar Actpassed to pay for the debt created by the French and Indian War, created taxes on sugar, coffee, wine, and molasses for the colonists
625935735Stamp ActA tax that Parliament placed on newspapers and official documents
625935736Declaratory Actrepealed the Sugar and Stamp Acts but stated that Parliament had total control over the colonies
626106713Daughters of Libertygroup that supported the boycott of British goods and encouraged homespun clothing
626106714Charles Cornwallisgeneral of the British forces during the Revolutionary War
626106715Nathan HaleAmerican spy hung by the British, famous for saying, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
626106716William HoweBritish commander at Bunker Hill
626106717John Lockethe Englishman that Thomas Jefferson got his ideas of natural rights from, "life, liberty, and property"
626106718John BurgoyneBritish General that captured Fort Ticonderoga but lost at the Battle of Saratoga
626106719Sam Adamsmember of the Sons of Liberty, organizer of the Boston Tea Party, and signer of the Declaration of the Independence
626106720Mercy Otis WarrenNew England woman who wrote pro-patriot plays about the Revolutionary War
626106721Abigail Adamswife of John Adams that urged him to remember the women when creating the country
626106722Benedict Arnoldskilled American commander that betrayed them for the British cause
626106723Thomas Gagecontrolled Boston after the Boston Tea Party and was also the British general that ordered the weapons taken by the Sons of Liberty to be taken back and the leaders arrested

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