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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Enlightenment philosophers|}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Enlightenment philosophers|}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:First Continental Congress|}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:First Continental Congress|}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms| July 6 1775; following the failed Olive Branch Petition, Congress issued the statement, written by Jefferson and Dickinson, of the reasons for "taking up arms" against Britain, blaming the Coercice Acts, the Declaratory Act, the Vice admiralty courts, and taxation without representation}}</ul></li> | |||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Dunmore's War|}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Dunmore's War|}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:''Gaspee'' affair|1772, colonials burned the British ''HMS Gaspee'', which was enforcing Navigation Acts off of Rhode Island; the ''Gaspee'' had been aggressively boarding and inspecting colonial vessels and seizing cargo, and while chasing a colonial boat got stuck aground; a group of colonials took advantage of the boat's helplessness and attacked}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:''Gaspee'' affair|1772, colonials burned the British ''HMS Gaspee'', which was enforcing Navigation Acts off of Rhode Island; the ''Gaspee'' had been aggressively boarding and inspecting colonial vessels and seizing cargo, and while chasing a colonial boat got stuck aground; a group of colonials took advantage of the boat's helplessness and attacked}}</ul></li> | ||
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<ul><li>{{#tip-text:natural rights|}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:natural rights|}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Nonimportation movement|}}</ul> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Nonimportation movement|}}</ul> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Navigation Acts|}}</ul> | |||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Olive Branch Petition|in July, 1775, following outbreak of conflict at Bunker Hill, John Dickinson, author of "Letters from a Farmer", opposed to further conflict war with Britain, persuaded the Continental Congress to send a letter to George III that affirmed American loyalty and desire to avoid war and that they just wanted more equitable laws; the petition was deeply opposed but passed under Dickinson's persuasion; the King refused to receive it, having already issued the Proclamation of Rebellion (naming certain colonies as in state of rebellion); Congress soon after the Olive Branch issued the "Declaration of the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms" written by Jefferson and Dickinson (see entry)}}</ul></li> | |||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Patriot|}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Patriot|}}</ul></li> | ||
<ul><li>{{#tip-text:Popular Sovereignty|}}</ul></li> | <ul><li>{{#tip-text:Popular Sovereignty|}}</ul></li> |