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war for independance
Term | Definition |
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Stamp Act | laws that placed tax on all paper goods and documents |
Townshend Acts | tax on imported goods used by the colonists |
Intolerable Acts | a series of laws passed to discipline the colonists and punish them for the Boston Tea Party |
Olive Branch Petition | a peace offering from the Second Continental Congress to King George III. Last straw attempt at peace |
Common Sense | A pamphlet by Thomas Paine to urge the colonists to support independence |
Declaration of Independence | a document declaring the colonists independent from Britain. "Break-up letter" |
Egalitarianism | belief that all people should have equal economic, social, political rights |
Treaty of Paris | document that officially ended the Revolutionary War. |