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pontiac's rebellion
war started when Native Americans were offended by the policies of British General Jeffrey Amherst. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Pontiac%27s_Rebellion -
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the intolerable acts
A term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament -
Quebec Act
An act of the British Parliament in 1774 that vested the government of Quebec in a governor and council and preserved the French Civil Code, the seigneurial system of land tenure, and the Roman Catholic Church. https://www.britannica.com/event/Quebec-Act -
Second Continental Congress
was a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies. http://www.ushistory.org/us/10e.asp -
Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
Henry's closing words to a proposal to organize a volunteer company of cavalry or infantry in every Virginia county. http://www.history.org/almanack/life/politics/giveme.cfm -
Battle of Bunker Hill
Battle place during the Revolutionary War. British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. http://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/battle-of-bunker-hill