Chapter 4 section 1 - The Stirrings of Rebellion

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Stamp Act

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required colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, license, newspaper, pamphlet, etc..

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Samuel Adams

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one of the founders of the Sons of Liberty - a secret resistance group

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Townshend Acts

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these were indirect taxes on imported materials including tea, the most popular drink in the colonies.

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How would you compare reactions to the Townshend Acts with reactions to the Stamp Act?

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The colonists reacted with rage and well-organized resistance - open defiance not secret

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Do you think that the colonists’ reaction to the seizing of the Liberty was justified?

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Boston Massacre

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an conflict between armed British soldiers and unarmed colonists - five colonists were killed

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Why were the committees of correspondence established?

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to communicate with other colonies about threats to American liberties

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Boston Tea Party

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destruction of 18.000 pounds of tea owned by the British East India Company

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King George III

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king of England

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Intolerable Acts

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-- shut down Boston Harbor

-- imposed a Quartering Act

-- martial law