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Taxation

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Money paid to the government for certain services

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Representation

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The idea of electing someone to have your voice heard in government

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French and Indian War

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Conflicts between France and England over land in the west

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Grievance

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A complaint about the government

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Tea Act

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An action from the king and parliament that put a tax on certain goods such as tea and forced to buy it from one supplier.

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Boston Tea Party

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An act from the colonists in which they tossed barrels of tea into the harbor to protest the tea act

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Intolerable/Coercive Acts

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A list of acts, including the quartering act, from the king and parliament that the colonists said they would not tolerate anymore, directly led to the Revolutionary War

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Quartering Act

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An action from the king in which British troops were forced into the colonists homes

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Oppression

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the use of authority or power in a cruel or unjust manner

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Stamp Act

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A law passed by the British government in 1765 that required the payment of a tax to Britain on a great variety of papers and documents produced in the American colonies