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| How did the colonists protest against the Stamp Act | They burned stamps, threatened stamp agents, made speeches, sent letters to Parliament and embarrassed stamp agents |
| What happened as a result of the Stamp Act in congress? | As a result of congress, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act in 1776 |
| What was the Townsend Act | A tax on goods such as glass, paint and tea |
| What were the Coersive Acts? | Theses acts sent British soldiers to Boston and forced colonists to house and feed them and closed the harbot until colinists paid for the tea they dumped |
| Commitee of Correspondence | Formed in 1772 to communicate news throughout the colonies |
| Who sent the Olive Branch to the King and formed the Contnetial Army? | The Second Continental Congress |
| What did the Declaration of Independence Explain? | Told why the colonists wanted freedom and reason to fight for independance |
| Key ideas of the Declaration ofindependance | All men created equal, they have unalienable rights and if they don't like the govenment, they can get rid of it. |
| Who were the writers of the Declaration of Independance | Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin |
| George Washington | He was the Commander and Chief, and later became the first president |
| Patrick Henry | He was considered a great orator and said, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death." |
| James Otis | He was considered the first partriot. He said, Taxation Without Representation is Tyrany." |
| Thomas Jefferson | Helped write the DOI, he owned a plantation, he was an inventor and he was our 3rd president. |
| WHy did Britian need to tax the colonists? | To pay off debt to France and protext colonists |
| How did colonists show their objection to Britian | They sent petitions and fought the British Army |
| Why did the Britisg pass the Coersive Acts | To punish colonisit for the Boston Tea Party |
| What did the Sons of Liberyt do? | Threatened tax collectors, threw tea into the harbor and burned stamps |
| Why did some colonial woman ban British goods? | To hurt British business. They grew their own crops. |
| Committe od Correspondence's Effect on colonies | They passed letters around so people knew where to meet |
