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PARLIMENT
the legislature of certain British colonies and possessions
STAMP ACT
an act of the British Parliament for raising revenue in the American Colonies by requiring the use of stamps and stamped paper for official documents, commercial writings, and various articles: it was to go into effect on November 1, 1765, but met with intense opposition and was repealed in March, 1766.
REPEAL
to revoke or annul (a law, tax, duty, etc.) by express legislative enactment
SONS OF LIBERTY
secret organizations formed in the American colonies in protest against the Stamp Act (1765)
TOWNSHEND ACTS
They were designed to collect revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea
TARIFF
an official list or table showing the duties or customs imposed by a government on imports or exports
BOYCOTT
To not buy goods
DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY
established in the year 1765, that consisted of women who displayed their loyalty by participating in boycotts of British goods following the passage of the Townshend Acts
BOSTON MASSACRE
known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others.
COMMITTEE OF CORRESPONDENCE
were shadow governments organized by the Patriot leaders of the Thirteen Colonies on the eve of the American Revolution.
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