Causes of the American Revolution

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A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint, and tea

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Townshend Acts

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Law passed by parliament undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party

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Tea Act

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A law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

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Stamp Act

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Forced colonists to pay for dumped tea, close the port at Boston and imposed military rule over Massachusetts.

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Intolerable Acts

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Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Britain and to promote independence

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First Continental Congress

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Organizations that led protests, helped American soldiers, instated a boycott, and resist the British.

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Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty

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England's legislative body.

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Parliament

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American colonist who remained loyal to England.

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Loyalists

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American colonists who refused to respect the authority of England's government.

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Patriot

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A protest against increased tea prices in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston harbor

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Boston Tea Party