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10 Cards in this Set
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Stamp Act |
Law passed by Parliament to make colonists buy a stamp to place on many items such as wills and newspapers |
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Samuel Adams |
One of the founders of the Sons of Liberty |
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Townshend Acts |
Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that set taxes on imports to the colonies
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Boston Massacre |
Conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which four colonists were killed |
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Committees of correspondence |
A network of communication set up in Massachusetts and Virginia to inform other colonies of ways that Britain threatened colonial rights |
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Boston Tea Party |
Protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor |
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King George III |
King of England during the American Revolution |
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Intolerable Acts |
A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protest against the British
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Martial Law |
Rule by the military
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Minutemen |
Civilian soldiers |
