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Chapter 6 Section 2 vocab
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History
8th Grade
11/29/2012

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Crispus Attucks
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sailor of African-American and Native American ancestry who died at the Boston Massacre
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Boston Massacre
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incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists
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Townshend Acts
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acts passed by Parliament in 1767 to tax imports in the colonies
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writs of assistance
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search warrants used to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods
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Daughters of Liberty
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organization of colonial women formed to protest British policies
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Samuel Adams
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leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty
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committee of correspondence
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organization formed to exchange information about British policies and American resistance
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Boston Tea Party
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incident in 1773, when colonists protested British policies by boarding British ships and throwing their cargoes of tea overboard
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duties
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taxes placed on imported goods
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John Adams
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lawyer who defended British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre
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