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7 Cards in this Set
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Committee of Correspondence
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-local committee who was in charge of community and communicating with other colonies
-for Boston, head by Samuel Adams -they help spread ideas throughout the colonies, including the back country |
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Tea Act
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-drank tea that was smuggled from other countries
-1773 the British East India Company was bankrupt -England eliminated taxes from India to help fight the debt |
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Boston Tea Party
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-Bartmyth (ship carrying tea)
-December 16, Boston radicals met under Samuel Adams -70 men dressed as Indians dumped tea into harbor |
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Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
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-Port Bill: closed port of Boston, England sent Army to block
-Government Act -Quartering Act -Justice Act -Quebec Act -England passes Acts in response to Boston Tea Party |
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Contenental Congress
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-Most colonies had representatives
-England did not approve of the colonies forming thier own governments -55 delegates, most with different ideas gathered but most supported the radicals and not the loyalists |
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General Thomas Gage
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-He replaced the Hutchinsons
-Believed in rule by elite -Rejected the idea of everyone voting -He shut down teh Massechuesetts Legilature, however they then formed a committee of safety and set up militia |
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Minutemen
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-militia, volunteers
-armed and alert |
