Road to the American Revolution

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required colonists to quarter, or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies

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Quartering Act

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placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies

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Sugar Act

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place a tax on all legal and commercial documents (diplomas, contracts, wills, newspapers)

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Stamp Act

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refusal to buy goods

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boycott

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secret society that opposed British policies and organized protests

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Sons of Liberty

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conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which five colonists were killed

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Boston Massacre

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the dumping of 342 chests into Boston Harbor in 1773 to protest the Tea Act

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Boston Tea Party

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the first battles of the Revolutionary War

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Lexington and Concord

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those who supported the British/the King/Parliament

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Loyalists

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those who sided with the rebels and wanted to break away from Britain

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Patriots