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American Revolution
Words and Definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Declaration of independence | States principals of government and our true identity as american. |
| Democracy | The power of people. |
| Stamp act | Required colonist to pay tax, represented of forms of paper. |
| intolerable acts | Series of 4 laws passed by British parliament to punish colony of Massachusetts. |
| Boston tea party | protest about tax on tea, lived without representative. |
| The colonies | a group of people from one country who build a settlement in another territory. |
| Popular sovereignty | government based on consent of the people |