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American Revoloution
Words and Definition
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Declaration of Independence | states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based |
| Democracy | control of an organization or group by the majority of its members. |
| Stamp act | a tax put on the American colonies by the British in 1765 |
| Intolerable Act | a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party. |
| Boston Tea Party | To protest British Parliament's tax on tea. "No taxation without representation." The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. |
| The Colonies | The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. |