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Revolutionary War
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10/08/2008
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Stamp Act
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passed by Great Britain in order to help cover the cost of the war between Great Britain and France, British officials in 1765.This law required all colonists to pay a tax to Great Britain on all of the printed materials that they used, newspapers, magazines, and even playing cards. All of these materials were required to have a stamp placed on them, in order to show that the tax had been paid. Colonist were angry and rebel's used it as an example to revolt.
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Writs of Assistance
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Quartering Act
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Bunker Hill
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Boston Massacre
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Crispus Attucks
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Paul Revere
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Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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Yankee Doodle
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Declaration of Independence
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Governor Thomas Hutchinson
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Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Paine
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Samuel Adams
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Minute Men
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Loyalists
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July 4, 1776
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Valley Forge
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tyranny
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parliament
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precedent
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Executive branch
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Legislative branch
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Judicial branch
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Dictatorship
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Federalist
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Democratic Republican
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Reason why the colonies decided to go to war with Britain.
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