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a legal document that stopped taxation without legislative approval. It guaranteed a trial before taking a someone’s rights or property.
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The british parliament put a tax on sugar and it was designed to raise revenue.
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War fought between the colonists and the British.
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Prohibited all settlement that went past the Appalachian Mountains.
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Two british laws that were passed to provide British Soldiers with housing and needs.
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Extracted revenue from the American colonies by imposing taxes on stamps, papers, and documents.
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Organization of American colonists to protest against the Stamp Act.
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Act of parliament of Great Britian that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act.
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4 acts passed by the British Parliament in attempt to assert their right to have authority of the colonists.
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shooting of 5 american colonists by British soldiers.
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the final straw in a series of unpopular policies and taxes imposed by Britain on her American Colonies
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Protest against the british in Boston in which the Sons of Liberty threw tea overboard. This is important because it pushed them closer to war.
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The coercive acts are names used to describe a series of laws relating to Britain's colonies in North America.
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The 1st continental congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies.
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British troops went to Concord to seize weapons and amunition from the colonists. 70 minutemen had gathered and someone shot. No one knows where it came from.
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The 2nd continental congress was a convention of delegates from all of the 13 colonies.
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A battle fought during the seige of Boston in the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
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a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775- 1776 that inspired people in the thirteen colonies
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The 13 colonies declared independence and regarded themselves as a new nation
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The battle of Saratoga marked the climax of the saratoga campaign giving a decisive victory.
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A document that served as the United State's first constitution. It failed because it didn't have a proper form of government.
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It was an attempt to balance congress demands for a campaign against Philadelphia.
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Series of protests against state and local enforcement on taxes.
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Designed a government with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches.
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Provided the states with equal representation in the Senate.
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Fundamental law of a state that sets out how the state will be organized.
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collection of 85 articles and essays promoting ratification of the U.S. constitution.
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protest in the United States against taxes on whiskey