Spirit of Independence

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Intolerable Acts

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what the colonists called the Coercive Acts

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Punitive measures against Colonists: forced housing of soldiers, banned town meetings, closed Boston Harbor.

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Coercive Acts

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Boston Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.

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Boston Tea Party

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British East India Tea Company control of tea market

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Tea Act

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After the Boston Massacre, Parliament's action:

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Repealed the Townshend Acts - except on tea.

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Org. spreading political ideas in colonies

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Committee of Correspondence

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Disregard or go against

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violate

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Cancel an act or law

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repeal

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This act taxed imports, with tax paid upon arrival before entering the colonies.

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Townshend Acts

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Boycott

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Refusal to buy items to show disapproval.