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28 Cards in this Set
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Proclamation |
A public or official announcement,espescially one dealing with a matter of great importance |
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Sugar act |
Was a revenue - raising act passed by the parliament of great britain on april 5, 1764 |
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Stamp act |
Irequired all legal and commercial in 1765 |
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Quartering act |
Made colonists house soldiers, colonists gave soldiers provision |
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Sons of liberty |
Organization of american colonists that war created |
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Townshend |
A series of acts passed beginning in 1767 |
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Writs of assistance |
Written order issued by a court instructing a law enforcement |
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Boston massacre |
It happened on march 5, 1770 |
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Comittees of correspondence |
People in the colonial exchanged letters or colonial affairs |
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When did the boston tea party happen |
On december 16, 1773 |
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Intolerable/coercive act |
Happened in 1774 was designed to punish the M. |
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Tea act |
Was an act of parliament of great britain |
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Two groups of people to discuss liberty |
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Lexington and cord |
The first battle of the american revolution |
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Thomas paine/ common sense |
Good sense and sound judgment |
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Daughters of liberty |
Patriotic organization of women in 1765 |
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King george lll |
Was a king of great britain and ireland |
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Patrick henry |
Famous for saying "give me liberty or give me death" and was known as orator |
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Sam adams |
Was the founding father of the u.s.a. |
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Paul revere |
Famous for saying the british are coming and was a patrit |
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Red coats |
soldiers of British Army |
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Boycott |
Merchants buses and elections and British Army |
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Militia |
For that is raised from the civil population |
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Loyalist |
An American colonist who remained loyal to the British crown |
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Patriot |
13 colonies who violently rip rebels |
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Revenue |
States natural income |
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Parliament |
So similar to Parliament |
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Tyranny |
A person who rules viciously |
