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Events that led to the Treaty of Paris | The English soldiers captured Quebec in 1759 and Montreal in 1760. |
Stamp Act | It required the colonists to pay taxes for paper documents. |
Townshend Acts | They required the colonists to pay taxes on English imports |
Stamp Act and Townshend Acts were alike in these ways | Both required the colonists to pay taxes to the English Parliament. |
Committees of Correspondence | A group of men representing each colony, which kept the other colonies informed of important political events |
Purpose of the Intolerable Acts | It closed Boston Harbor, no town meetings, and forced the housing of English soldiers. |
First Continental Congress | A group of colonial delegates from every colony, except Georgia. They met in Philadelphia to oppose the Intolerable Acts. |
Events that led to Stamp Act | The English felt that the colonists should pay for costs of the French and Indian War. |
Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death" |
Thomas Jefferson includes in the Declaration of Independence | Listed ideas for self-government |