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Who: Colonists who supported the Revolution.
When: They were groups that started the American Revolution
What: They were the colonists that fought against the British in the American Revolution.
Where: Patriots lived in the colonis
Why: They believed the British were violating their rights with unfair rules and taxes.

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Who: Given by King George the III
What: It didn't allow anyone to settle west of the appalachian mountains.
When: October 7, 1763
Where: It was issued in Britain but it affected the colonies.
Why: To get rid of contact with the French after the seven years war

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Who: It was led by the sons of liberty.
What: It was a protest against the British, where colonists threw tea overboard merchant ships.
When: On December 16, 1773.
Where: In Boston Massachusetts.
Why: It was to protest the unfair taxes put on tea by the British.

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Who: delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies.
What: They planned ways to protest the British rules.
When: From September 5 to October 26, 1774
Why: It was a response to the intolerable acts by the British.
Where: They gathered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Who: Continental Army and French Army against British army.
What: The American troops won and were inspired by the victory.
When: September 28th, 1781
Where: The city of Yorktown in Virginia.
Why: The colonies were fighting for their independence.

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Who: Colonists from England against the French who had the majority support of the Indians.
What: A battle over regions of America.
When: Started in 1754.
Where: The battles were fought in Northern America.
Why: England wanted more land so that they could make more profit of the colonies it would establish.

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Who: The British attacked the colonists.
What: The British army massacred protesting colonists.
When: On March 5, 177
Where: In Boston, Massachusetts.
Why: The colonists were protesting because they were fed up with Britain's unfair rules and taxes.

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Who: Colonists who stayed loyal to Britain.
When: There were large groups of them during the American Revolution.
What: They were also called tories sometimes, they did not support the American Revolution.
Where: Loyalists were people living in the colonies.
Why: They were often people who already had strong loyalties to Britain before coming to the colonies.

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Who: John Locke wrote about Natural Rights.
What: They were life, liberty, and, property.
When: He wrote them during the enlightenment in the 1630s.
Where: His philosophy affected the colonies.
Why: Thomas Jefferson incorporated the natural right into the Constitution as: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

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Who: Jean-Jaques Rousseau was the author.
When: It was written during the Enlightenment.
Where: The philosopher wrote it in France but it affected the U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence.
Why:  This idea was incorporated into U.S. documents because they didn't wanted a government where the people also had voice.
What: The contract talked about how governments would only work if the people governed agreed with it.

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Who: The laws were set by the British.
What: They didn't allow the colonies to trade directly with other European countries.
When: The laws were set in 1951.
Where: The acts affected the colonies of England.
Why: England did this so that they could make more profit of the colonies using the idea of mercantilism.

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Who: Italian, French and English philosophers, like Montesquieu Locke and Rousseau, were the ones that affected the way governments formed the most.
What: It was an era where philosophers tried a new way to explain the world around them and how society should work.
When: The Enlightenment started around 1715.
Where: The Enlightenment started in northern Italy and spread to England, but the ideas spread all around the world especially the colonies.
Why: Philosophers wanted to take a more secular approach to the world.

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Who: Thomas Paine wrote the common sense pamphlet.
What: It was a persuasive essay for Britain
When:  Written in 1775
Where: It was written in Philadelphia.
Why: It was meant to convince Britain to give the colonies their independence.