Unit 5 Vocab

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Stamp Act

Back

Tax on all printed materials in the colonies

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Unalienable Rights

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Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

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Proprietors

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People given land by Britain

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Benjamin Franklin

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Helped repeal the Stamp Act

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Taxation without representation

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Being taxed without the ability to vote

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Natural Rights

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Life, liberty, and property

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Thomas Paine

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Wrote Common Sense

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John Adams

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Helped colonists declare independence from Britain

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Boston Tea Party

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342 chests of tea were thrown into the Boston Harbor.

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Battle at Lexington and Concord

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Where America's battle for independence began