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Patrick Henry | authored the Virginia Resolutions
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Stamp Act | British law passed in 1765 that forced americans to pay a tax on printed documents
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Radicals | political leaders who work for extreme changes in the law
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Boycott | refusal to buy goods from a nation or a company. ie. French fries
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Republicanism | political movement that fought against government corruption in the King's government
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Legislature | an official lawmaking body of a state or nation
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Patrick Henry | said "Give me liberty or give me death"
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Samuel Adams | Boston Beer brewer who became a radical leader of the American revoluton in 1765.
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Patrick Henry | fought of liberal votings rights in the 1700's
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Voting rights | only white men who owned land could vote
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Boston Massacre | 4 American radicals were shot dead by British redcoat soldiers
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Whigs | radicals in England and America who wanted to abolish the Monarchy
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Magna Carta | forced the King of England the submit to the law of the Land
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Boston Tea Party | led by Samuel Adams
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Sons of Liberty | radical group of Americans led by Sam Adams
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"No taxation without representation" | famous statements used by American radicals to show hatred of British taxes
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Stamp Act Congress | 13 colonies unified to reject British Stamp Act Tax
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King George III | British king during American Revolution who tried to force the Americans to obey his laws
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Virginia Resolutions | written by Patrick Henry. Claimed only Virignia legislature had a right to tax Virginia citizens.
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Quartering Act | 1765 British law that forced Americans to house and feed British redcoats
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Boston Tea Party | radical move by Sons of Liberty to protest the Tea Tax in 1773
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Monarchy | government ruled by a King.
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Republicanism | radical movement in 1700's that wanted to abolish the Monarchy system
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Republicanism | radicals who fight government corruption
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Aristocracy | members of royal family in a monarchy.
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Revenue | incoming money often collected from taxes
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Writs of Assitance | legal documents that allowed British officials to search the home of any American colonist
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effigy | life sized dolls made up to look like hated politicians: often burned in public.
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Effect of the Boycott | British businessmen pressured Parliament to repeal or cancel the Stamp act
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Writs of assistance | viewed as an abuse of power
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Intolerable acts | 1. punishment of Boston tea party; 2.closed Boston Harbor; 3. made public meetings illegal
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Loyalists | Americans who remained loyal to England
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Patriots | Americans who wanted Independence from England
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Colonial Unity | harsh laws and high taxes brought the colonists together in order to fight England
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