Spirit of Independence

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Intolerable Acts

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what the colonists called the Coercive Acts

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Meant to punish the Colonists for resisting British Authority- forced colonists to allow soldiers to live in their homes, banned town meetings and closed Boston Harbor.

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Coercive Acts

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

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Boston Tea Party

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Gave the British East India Tea Company control of the tea market

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Tea Act

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What did parliament do after the Boston Massacre? Options: repeal the Townshend Acts - except for molasses, repeal the Townshend Acts - except for soldiers in homes, repeal the Townshend Acts - except for boycotting, repeal the Townshend Acts - except on tea

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repeal the Townshend Acts - except on tea

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Organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies

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Committee of Correspondence

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to disregard or go against

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violate

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To cancel an act or law

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repeal

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This act taxed import goods- tax was paid when the goods arrived, before they were brought inside the colonies.

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Townshend Acts

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Boycott

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to refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval