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22 Cards in this Set
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To provide housing for British Soldiers
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Quarter
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A Group of Patriots that fought for colonists freedom from England
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Sons of Liberty
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This town and Lexington marked a battle to start the war.
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Concord
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First colonial legislature in Virginia
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House of Burgesses
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The colonists were asking for
"no taxation without ?" |
Representation
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Action
British win French and Indian War |
Reaction
British government makes new taxes on the Colonies to pay for the war. |
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What colonists would pay back.
The loss of the French and Indian War with the British. |
Taxes
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Action
British passes Stamp Act. |
Reaction
Colonists boycott British goods. |
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Committees of Correspondence
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Formed by the colonists to keep each other informed of events.
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French Canada
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Became a British Colony after the French and Indian War.
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Parliament
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Made laws for the British people and the colonies
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Boston Tea Party
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The reaction by the Sons of Liberty to protest a tax on tea.
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Minutemen
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Members of Mass. militia ready to defend the colony.
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Change a tax to not be a tax.
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Repealed
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Tariff
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Tax on goods brought into the country.
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Boycott
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How many protested the Stamp Act to avoid
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Who is Crispus Attucks?
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Runaway slave killed in Boston Massacre
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Loyalists
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Tories, people that want to remain a part of Britain
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Action
British government passes tax on tea. |
Reaction
Boycott Tea-Colonists dump tea into harbor. (Boston Tea Party) |
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Action
Sons of Liberty throw tea into Boston Harbor |
Reaction
British close the port in Boston. Blackade at Boston Harbor. Colonists to pay taxes and house soldiers. |
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Action
British hear weapons are being hidden at Lexington and Concord |
Reaction
Fighting between British and Colonists. (War begins) |
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buyout
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the purchase of controlling a share in a company.
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