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Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies
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Committees of Correspondence
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parliament taxed the colonists on tea; maintained that they had authority over all subjects; led to Boston Tea Party
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Tea Tax
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Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies
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parliament taxed the colonists on tea; maintained that they had authority over all subjects; led to Boston Tea Party
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A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
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The legislative assembly composed of delegates from the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution
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An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll
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Signed in 1776 by US revolutionaries; it declared the United States as a free state.
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Author of the Declaration of Independence
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Leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty
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King of England during the American Revolution
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American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won
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American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
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court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
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The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans
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A basic principle of traditional democratic theory that describes the relationship between the few leaders and the many followers.
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law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
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the idea that it is unfair to tax someone without giving them a voice in government
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complaint
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A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed the colonies had a right to be an independent nation
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Wrote Common Sense
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income
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A patriot who helped warn colonists about British movements
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Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
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Life, Liberty, and Property
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government intervention in a market that affects the production of a good
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1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
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(1764) British deeply in debt partl to French & Indian War. English Parliament placed a tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, and molasses. colonists avoided the tax by smuggling and by bribing tax collectors.
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series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party
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Delegates from all colonies except georgia met to discuss problems with britain and to promote independence
