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20 Cards in this Set
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a law making body
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assembly
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citizens who gather to solve local problems
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town meeting
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a volunteer military force
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militia
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a member of an assembly
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delegate
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freedom
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liberty
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to refuse to obey those in charge because of different ideas about what is right
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rebel
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one of the first British laws taxing
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Townshend Acts
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the betrayal of one's country b helping an enemy
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treason
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groups of colonists who organized protests against the British government
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sons of Liberty
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to cancel or take back
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repeal
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laws that make colonists pay taxed on evryday items imported from Britain
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Stamp Act
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to refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group, or country
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boycott
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committees formed by the colonies to keep each other informed
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Committees of Correspondence
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A protest in which colonists dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor
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Boston Tea Party
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The reaction of the British Parliament to the Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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a meeting of colonial delegates to decide on a plan to oppose the Intolerable ACts
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First Continental Congress
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trained soldiers, ready at a minute's notice
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minutemen
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the war between the colonists and the British
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American Revolution
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a famous battle between the British and minutemen
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Battle of Bunker Hill
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a written requesst signed by many people
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petition
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