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A tax placed on sugar, molasses, etc. to help pay off Britain's war debt -
This was a tax placed on every piece of printed material. Since paper was used everywhere, this had a major impact on the colonists. -
They were British taxes put on basic goods such as lead, glass, paint, tea, and paper. -
Britain enforces a rule that the colonists can only get tea from the British East India Company, and that they are forced to pay for it when Britain sends the tea cargo. -
A group of colonial representatives intending to express loyalty to the king while complaining about the Intolerable acts and to defend their rights. -
Britain passed these to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. They closed the Boston Harbor and forced colonists to let British soldiers stay with them. -
It was a law declaring that colonists could not settle beyond the proclaimed line into Native territories. -
This was where the first shot fired in the American Revolution occurred, "The Shot Heard Round the World" -
This was when the delegates formed the Continental Army in preparation for war, putting George Washington in command. -
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine expressing that the colonial problems were the King's fault because Parliament can't pass a law or tax without the King's approval. -
The adoption of a document in which the colonists declare themselves free from British rule. It was to address the colonists' natural rights, with emphasis on "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."