The Road to Independence

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What was the Stamp Act?

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A law that placed a tax on legal documents and printed materials.

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What event is known as the Boston Tea Party?

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A protest where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

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What were the Intolerable Acts?

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Acts that punished Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party

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What does "Taxation without representation" mean?

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Colonists were taxed by the British Parliament without having representatives in it.

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What was the Boston Massacre?

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An incident where British soldiers fired on and killed several colonists.

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What did the Stamp Act require on many printed materials in the colonies?

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A stamp indicating that a tax had been paid

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How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act?

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They protested and boycotted British goods

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What was the result of the Boston Tea Party?

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The British government passed the Intolerable Acts

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Why did the colonists consider the Boston Massacre a massacre?

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Because it was used as propaganda to unite the colonists against Britain

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Why were Colonists angered by the new taxes placed on the colonies following the French and Indian War?

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They felt that they should have representation in Parliament.