Week 12 Fast & Curious Vocab Practice

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Refusal to buy certain goods

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Boycott

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Group of colonists opposing British policies.

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Sons of Liberty

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Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly and taxed goods in the colonies.

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Townshend Acts

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Clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists; 5 colonists killed.

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Boston Massacre

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342 chests of tea dumped in Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act

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Boston Tea Party

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Laws by Parliament punishing Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.

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Intolerable Acts

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Meeting of delegates in 1774 from all colonies (except Georgia) to uphold colonial rights.

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First Continental Congress

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Law passed in 1765 requiring all legal and commercial documents to have an official stamp for tax payment.

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Stamp Act

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Law passed by Parliament in 1764 imposing a tax on sugar & molasses; harsh penalties for smugglers.

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Sugar Act

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Law passed in 1765 requiring colonies to house British soldiers.

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Quartering Act