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The Sugar Act
This act affected the price of sugar in the colonies
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Stamp Act
This act made colonists pay for stamps on official documents.
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Stamp Act Congress
The colonists responded to the Stamp Act by holding a large meeting called the....
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Patriots
These were colonists who wanted to fight for independence from the British
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England and France
The 7 Years War was a war between...
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Salutary Neglect
This was the British policy of letting the colonies handle their own business before 1763
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7 Years War
The British taxed the colonies because they needed money after winning the...
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The King/Parliament/The British Government
During the Stamp Act Congress, the colonists wrote a letter to...
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Boston Massacre
Colonists confronted British soldiers in Boston and the conflict resulted in 5 colonist being killed. This was the...
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Loyalists
These were colonists who did not want to fight for independence. They wanted peace with England.
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The Quartering Act
This act required colonists to let British soldiers stay in their homes.
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Intolerable Acts
After the Boston Tea Party, the British responded with the....
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Boycotts
This was the colonists main weapon against British taxes
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Boston Tea Party
Members of the Sons of Liberty threw British Tea into the sea. This was the...
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Lexington
The first battle of the American Revolutionary War happened at....
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Declaratory
After the British repealed the Stamp Act, they had lost face. They tried to save face by making the _________ Act
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Boston
The Intolerable Acts directly affected the city of....
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The Sons of Liberty
This was a secret group of men who used violence and mischief to interfere with the British
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Minutemen
These were local colonial fighters who needed to be ready to fight in a short time
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France's colonies
After the British won the 7 Years War, they took over....
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Townshend
After the British had repealed the Stamp Act, the new British finance minister created new taxes called the ____________ Acts
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Taxation without representation
The British taxes were created without the colonists' consent. This was called...
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The Daughters of Liberty
This was an organization of women who helped the colonists fight British taxes by making their own products
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The First Continental Congress
The colonists responded to the Intolerable Acts with....
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Georgia
This colony was the only colony to not join in the First Continental Congress
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