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We The People, Unit 2, Lesson 7
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| Charter | legal document, granted land to a person or company to start a colony |
| Committees of Correspondence | anti-British groups that made sure that each colony knew about events and opinions in the other colonies |
| Daughters of Liberty | formed by women, anti-British, made their own goods instead of buying British goods |
| First Continental Congress | made up of delegates from the colonies, anti-British, wrote a Declaration of Rights, 1774 |
| Second Continental Congress | made up of delegates from the colonies, anti-British, organized the Continental Army, appointed George Washington to lead army, chose a committee to draft the Declaration of Independence, 1775 |
| Sons of Liberty | organization created to oppose the Stamp Act, forced stamp distributors to resign |
| Writs of Assistance | search warrant, allowed British navy to search colonial ships |
| Boston Massacre | British troops fired on protestors in Boston, five people died, colonists were outraged |
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