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| Declaration of Independence |
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| stated that the colonists wanted their independence from Great Britain |
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| a tax that the British government placed on newspapers, books and documents sold in the colonies |
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| the war between the Patriots and the British in which the Patriots won their independence |
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| A protest against the Tea Act in which the Sons of Liberty threw 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor. |
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| British law that required colonists to house and supply British soldiers. |
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| What caused the Boston Massacre? |
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| Tension between British troops and colonists in Boston. |
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| What was the MOST effective way for the colonists to protest the British taxes? |
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| The British repealed the Stamp Act but still needed a way to pay off the war debt. |
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| What caused the British to pass the Townshend Acts? |
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| War debt from the French and Indian War |
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| What caused the British to pass the Stamp Act |
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| Paul Revere and William Dawes |
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| Name first two men riding to warn the colonists that the "British were coming". |
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| A secret society formed by colonists to protest British policies. |
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| A British law that taxed sugar and other goods shipped to the colonies and called for harsher penalties for smugglers. Passed to help pay England's war debt. |
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| Law passed that allowed colonists to buy their tea ONLY from the Dutch East India Tea Company. This would save the company and raise money to pay off the war debt. |
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| A trade system where slaves, molasses, & rum were traded for each other in Africa, the Carribean, and the colonies. |
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| A British order which did NOT allow colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
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| A tax on all imported goods from England including lead, paper, tea, paint, and glass. Created after the Stamp Act was repealed |
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| British laws meant to punish the colonists after the Tea Party which closed Boston Harbor and enforced the Quartering Act. |
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| He was mad and sent more troops. |
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| How did the king respond to the letter from the First Continental Congress? |
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| In 1770 a confrontation between colonists and British soldiers where 5 colonists died. |
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