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19 Cards in this Set
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What was the cost saving measure enacted by Parliment in 1765?
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Quarterin act
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When was the sugar act passed?
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1764
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What was parliment?
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A group of people in england that represents taxpayers
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Who said ''taxation without representation is tyranny"?
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James Otis
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Who was the key leader in the boycott againsthe townsherd act?
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Samuel Adams
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How many died in the Massacre?
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5
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When was the tea act passed?
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1773
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what does the first continental congress agree that they need to do what?
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called for a boycott of all british goods as well as an exportation ban untill the untolerable acts were repealed
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what did majorgeneral gage learned about the minutmen?
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muinutmen had a stored arm(guns) ammunition in concord
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who was the only one of the three men to compete the journey?
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Prescott
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the firsyt shot of the american revolution was fired where?
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Lexington
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who shot the first shot?
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no one knows
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what were the british looking for when they got to concord?
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went house to house looking for weapons and ammunition
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where did fighting break out as the british retreated back to boston?
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north bridge
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what did the colonists realize after the battle of Lexington and concord?
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war was now inevitable
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what was the americans last attempt at peace with british?
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olive branch petition
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how does the contineantal army get the brittish to leave boston?
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americans threatened to bombard boston with the artillery they gained from fort ticonderoga
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who writes common sence?
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Thomas Paine
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who chooses to write the decaration of independence?
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Thomas jefferson
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