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16 Cards in this Set
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King George III
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Supported the idea of taxing the colonists. King of Britain.
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Patrick Henry
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A young lawyer. One of the 1st to speak out against Stamp Act. Made speech to the colony's legislature.
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Samuel Adams
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Organized the Sons of Liberty. "eats little, drinks little, sleeps little, thinks much"
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Mercy Otis Warren
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Writer. Encouraged people to stop buying imported goods (boycott)
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Parliament
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Britain's law-making assembly
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Stamp Act
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Law that placed a tax on printed material in the colonies (such as legal documents, newspapers, playing cards)
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Repeal
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to cancel
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Sons of Liberty
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Group that led protests against the new tex (Stamp Act). Organized by Samual Adams.
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Townshend Acts
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Laws that placed tariffs (taxes) on goods that the colonies imported from Britain (paper, wool, tea)
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Tariff
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Tax on imported goods
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Boycott
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A refusal to buy goods
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Daughters of Liberty
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To help the boycott, they began weaving cloth to be used instead of British wool. Formed in the colonies.
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Why did the British leaders first decide to tax the colonists?
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The taxes would be used to pay for defending the colonies-to help pay for the army's costs.
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How did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act?
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They attacked the tax people-poured oil on them, then poured feathers. Formed Sons of Liberty to protest.
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What does "no taxation without representation" mean?
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Don't tax us if we can't vote on it
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Why did the British leaders pass the Townshend Acts?
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Britain still needed money. They also wanted to show colonists who was in charge.
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