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What group of Vermonters led a surprise attack on Fort Ticonderoga?
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Green Mountain Boys
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Who led the Green Mountain Boys?
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Ethan Allen
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What two important things did Ethan Allen and his group get by taking over Fort Ticonderoga?
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Valuable supply of gunpowder and cannons, also a key route to Canada
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What was the name of the army that the Second Continental Congress set up?
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The Continental Army
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Name the document in which the colonists declared their loyalty to the King and asked him to repeal the Intolerable Acts.
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Olive Branch Petition
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People who opposed the British rule.
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Patriots
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Colonists who supported the British
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Loyalists
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Another name for Loyalists
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Tories
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First major battle of the revolution
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Bunker Hill
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People who flee their homes to seek a safe place to go are called
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Refugees
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Shutting off of a port to keep people and supplies from moving in or out is called a
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Blockade
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German troops for hire
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Mercenaries
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What was the name of the group that the King hired from Germany?
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Hessians
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Who wrote Common Sense?
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Thomas Paine
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What did Thomas Paine's Common Sense talk about?
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That the colonist did not owe any loyalty to King George
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