Road to Revolution - Fast & Curious Vocab.

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British monarch during the American Revolution.

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King George III

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Required colonists to house British soldiers and provide supplies.

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Quartering Act

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Law taxing sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to colonies.

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Sugar Act

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Law taxing printed goods: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

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Stamp Act

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Refusal to buy or use goods/services.

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boycott

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Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly and taxed goods in the colonies.

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Townshend Acts

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Clash in 1770 between British soldiers and Boston colonists, resulting in 5 deaths.

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Boston Massacre

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Group in colonies exchanging letters on affairs.

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committee of correspondence

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342 chests of tea dumped in Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act.

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Boston Tea Party

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Laws passed in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.

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Intolerable Acts