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| Was a gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about the relationship between Great Britain and the 13 Colonies. |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| Each committee got in touch with other towns and colonies. Its members shared ideas and information about the new British Laws and ways to challenge them. |
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| This act required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they bought paper items |
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Allowed the British East India company to sell tea directly to colonist.
The British govrnment then taxed the Colonists. |
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A fight between a Colonist and British Soldier.
Shots were fired and three colonists were killed. |
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Men dressed as Indians boarded three ships and dumped 340 tea
chests into the Boston Bay. |
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| Tax on 13 Colonies on Mallasses used to make Rum |
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British Act to punish Colonists
1. Boston Harbor closed until tea was paid for.
2. Cancelled charter, legislature cant meet until told.
3. British Soldiers were tried in England, not America
4. New Quartering Act to house and feed soldiers
5. Quebec given to Canada |
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| The shot heard around the World. |
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| This phrase refers to the first shot made between the local Lexington militia and the British forces. It precipitated the Battles of Lexington and Concord and has also served to represent other incidents in both United States History and World History. |
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