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23 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 regions of the British colonies?
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New England, Middle and Southern
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What was the act that put a tax on all paper goods in the colonies?
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The Stamp Act
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Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?
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Samuel Adams
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Which region of the 13 colonies grew wheat as a cash crop?
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Middle
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Which event dumped tea into Boston Harbor and cost England money?
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Boston Tea Party
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What is a Patriot?
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A colonist who wants independence from Great Britain.
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Friends in war
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allies
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A massacre is....
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a fight in which people who are unable to protect themselves are killed.
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Britain's lawmaking body is called ...
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Parliament
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Kentucky's lawmaking body is called ...
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General Assembly
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USA"s lawmaking body is called ....
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Congress
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Treason is >...
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working against your own government
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The act that orders colonists to stay out of the lands wests of the Appl. Mtns. is called...
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The Proclamation of 1763
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Intolerable Acts...
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closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for...
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A democracy is ...
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a government run by it's people
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A colonist who wanted to remain loyal to the King is called a ...
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Loyalist
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Money paid to run a government is called....
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taxes
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Which act closed Boston Harbor?
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Intolerable Acts
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Which act required the colonists to house and feed the British soldiers?
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The Quartering Act
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self-government, democracy
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A democracy is self-government
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tax, tariff
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both are taxes
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Parliament, Congress
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lawmaking bodies
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Loyalist, Patriot
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both are groups fighting in AMerican Revolution-Loyalist supported the king and the Patriot was against the king
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