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9 Cards in this Set
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Stamp Act
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Taxes on things such as legal documents,newspapers, almanacs, dice, and cards. The colonists rejected the Stamp Act because they didn't have any representation in Parliament.
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Proclamation of 1763
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Following the French and Indian War, colonists couldn't go west of the Appalachians because England couldn't protect them from the Indians.
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Stamp Act Congress
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1) Signed petition to king to repeal the Stamp Act
2) Started boycott |
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Townshend Acts
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Taxes on glass, paper, paint, lead and tea. Colonists signed the nonimportation agreement, so that they couldn't buy those taxed goods.
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Boston Massacre
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British soldiers shoot and kill five colonists. King repeals the Townshend Acts
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Tea Act
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Only the British East India Company could sell tea to the colonists
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Boston Tea Party
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British ships tried to bring tea to the harbor and the colonists dumped it into the harbor.
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Intolerable Acts
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1)Shut down the ports of Boston
2)Colonist could only have town meetings once a year. 3)An official charged with a major crime would be tried in Britain 4)British soldiers could stay in colonists homes |
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1st Continental Congress
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Each colony except Georgia sent delegates to respond to the Intolerable Acts. The decided to boycott British goods and form militias
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