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| Passed in 1765, it taxed all legal and commercial documents. |
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| A secret society of colonists who opposed British policies. |
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| Search warrants used by British Officials to look for smuggled goods. |
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| Leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty |
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| Sons of Liberty dressed as Indians and dumped 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor on 16 December 1773. |
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| A force of armed civilians who pledged to defend their community. |
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| The first battles of the Revolutionary War fought on 19 April 1775 near Boston. |
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| An American colonist who supported the king. |
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| 9. Declaration of Independence |
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| document written by Thomas Jefferson, signed on 4 July 1776, that declared the political independence of the American Colonies from Britain, giving many reasons for independence, claiming Locke’s idea of “unalienable rights:” life, liberty, & pursuit of happiness. |
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| This man from Virginia wrote the Declaration of Independence. |
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