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History:Chapter 5

The Spirit of Independence

QuestionAnswer
revenue incoming money
resolution a formal expression of opinion
boycott refuse to buy
repeal cancel
writs of assistance legal documents that allowed custom officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
effigy rag figure
nonimportation pledges not to buy or use goods imported from Britain
prohibited prevented
violated interfered with
Stamp Act a law that placed tax on almost all printed material
Patrick Henry persuaded the burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act
Samuel Adams helped start an orginization called the Sons of Liberty to protesr the Stamp Act
propaganda information made to influence public opinion
occupy control
encounter unexpected meeting
commitee of correspondance an orginization used in earlier protests
Crispus Attucks a dockworker who was a victim of the Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre an event where nervous redcoats fired and killed five colonists
Tea Act a law that allowed the East India Tea Company sole control of the tea trade in America
Boston Tea Party a group of colonists dressed as indians threw chests of tea over the side of a boat
George 3 passed the Coercive Acts
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