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Ameican Revolution
words and Definitions
| Answer | |
|---|---|
| Declaration of Independence | states the principles on which our government, and our identity as Americans, are based. |
| Democracy | government by the people. |
| Stamp Act | required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards. |
| Intolerable Acts | 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 | On the night of 16 December 1773, 340 chests of tea were destroyed in Boston Harbour, an event that has gone down in history as the Boston Tea Party. |
| The Colonies | a group of people who settle in a new place but keep ties to their homeland. |