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groups of colonists formed in the 1770's to spread news quickly about protests againest the British |
committee of correspondence |
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law passed by Parliament in the early 1770's stating that only the East Indian Company business could sell tea to the 13 colonies |
tea act |
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protest against British taxes in which the sons of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor in 1773 |
Boston Tea Party |
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laws passed by british parliment to punish the people |
intolerable acts |
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american colinists who opposed british rule |
patriots |
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colonists who remained loyal to the british during the american revolution |
loyalists |
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meeting of representives from every colony exept georgia held in philadelphia in 1774 to discuss actions to take in reponde to the intolerable acts |
first continental congress |
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volunteer armics |
militia |
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armed mishions ready to fight |
minutemen |
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eye within acount fo the historial event |
primary source |
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what is hte purpose of committees of correspondence |
share news amoung the coloniest |
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how did the boston tea party express the views of many coloniests |
it showed the coloniests protested th tea taxes |
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list the intolerable acts |
1.colonists had to feed and house british solders 2. massachusetts was put under control of british solders 3. the port of boston was closed |
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what was a patriot |
colonistes who opposed british rule |
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who offered to lead men in battle for the relief of boston |
george washington |
