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occupy
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to control and area, usually with military
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encounter
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to meet, or come upon unexpectedly
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propaganda
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use of any media to persuade or influence public opinion
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Crispus Attucks
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a dockworker who was killed in the Boston Massacre
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Boston Massacre
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The name given by colonists to a fight that broke out in Boston between the colonists and British soldiers
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committee of correspondence
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organizations that protested and aired grievances against Great Britain
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The Tea Act
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Enacted by Parliament, this act was intended to save the East India Company by allowing them to sell tea cheaply and directly to shop keepers.
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Boston Tea Party
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Name given to a handful of patriots who threw 342 chests of tea into Boston harbor in 1773
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George III
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The King of England at the time of the Declaration of Independence
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Coercive Acts
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Laws passed by Parliament and intended to punish the colonists for their resistance to British Law.
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