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Road To Revolution Vocabulary

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A biased opinion used to influence others
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Taxes on tea, paint, glass and other goods that the colonists used
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A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose the British government
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Armed colonists who promised to defend their communities
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Colonial militia who promised to be ready with a minute's notice
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The first two battles of the American Revolution - the shots heard around the world
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1773 - Colonists disguised as Native Americans snuck aboard British ships and threw tea overboard
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Colonists who remained loyal to England and King George III
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1764 - a tax on sugar, molasses, and other goods that colonists used
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Laws passed by Parliament to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
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Search warrants that allowed British solders to enter and search colonists houses
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A law that gave the British East Indian Tea Company control of all tea sold to the colonists...forcing colonists to pay taxes
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1770 - A group of protesting colonists were fired upon by British soldiers
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A pamphlet written by colonists Thomas Paine that argued for separation from England
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Colonists who wanted to form a new country
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Refusal to buy goods
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1765 law that required a stamp on all paper goods used by the colonists