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What is Stamp Act
Parliament passed this law to tax almost all printed materials
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What is the Intolerable Acts
These Acts were named after the expression of the feelings that the English colonists had toward their rights
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What is Patrick Henry
Who said the quote "Give me Liberty or give me death!"
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What is 1763
What year was the treaty of Paris signed?
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What is Effigies
These are stuffed figures made to look like unpopular tax collectors after members took the streets to protest the stamp act
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1. Forced the colonies to let British soldiers live among them
2. Banned town meetings in Massachusetts 3. Closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the ruined tea
What were the 3 parts that were included in the Coercive Acts?
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What is William Prescott
Who commanded his militia not to fire until they saw the "whites of their eyes" during the Battle of Bunker Hill?
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What is 1770
What year did the Boston Massacre occur?
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What is Townshend Acts
These acts were a result of the Stamp Act and was passed to tax imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper
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What is Crispus Attucks
What was the name of the who was part African, part Native American and the first colonist killed during the Boston Massacre?
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Loyalists: Did not think unfair taxes and laws justified a rebellion, didn't think they suffered from British Policies, and believed Britain would ultimately win the war
Patriots: Supported the war, believed the colonists had the right to govern themselves, and were determined to fight the British until America Independence was won
What is the difference between Loyalists and Patriots?
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What is 1773
What year did the Boston tea party take place?
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What is Writs of assistance
These documents allowed officers to search almost anywhere for smuggled goods
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What is the Committee of Correspondence
This group circulated calls for action against Britain and was revived by Samuel Adams in 1772
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What is Ralph Waldo Emerson
This Poet wrote in "The Concord Hymn" and talked about the "shot heard around the world"
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What is 1775
What year did the battles of Lexington and Concord occur?
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What is 1776
In what year did the colonies issue the Declaration of Independence?
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