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10 Cards in this Set
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Militias
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Volunteer armies
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Stamp Act
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A law passed by Parliament in 1765 requiring colonists to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used
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Minuteman
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Colonial milita group that could be ready to fight in a minutes notice
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Loyalists
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Colonists who remained loyal to British during the American Reolution
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Patriots
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American colonists who opposed British rule
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Repeal
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Cancel
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Tariff
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Tax
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Parliament
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Britain's law-making assembly
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Boycott
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Refusal to buy goods
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Intolerable Acts
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Law passed by British Parliament to punish
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