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136537918PatriotA person who questions King George III
136537919LoyalistA person who supports King George III
136537920BoycottA protest / Not buying something
136537921RevolutionA change or over throw of the government
136537922Sons of LibertyAn organized group of Patriots to protest the tax- 1765
136537923Sam Adams"This meeting can do nothing more to save our country"
136537924Crispus AttucksFirst person to die in the Boston massacre
136537925Patrick Henry"Give me liberty or give me death"
136537926King George IIIThe King of England
136537927James Otis"Taxation without representation is tyrrany"
136537928General Thomas GageThe commander of the British Army
136537929Sugar Act1764- taxed on sugar, wine, coffee, dyes, and cloth
136537930Stamp Act1765- Taxed on playing cards, newspapers, books, pamphlets, legal documents :wills
136537931Townshend Acts1767- Taxed on glass, led, tea, painters colors
136537932Boston Massacre1770- 5 colonists killed by british troops
136537933Tea Act1770- Parliament takes away the Townshed Acts except for the tea.
136537934Boston Tea Party1773- Men disguised as Mohawks threw tea into the harbor to protest the tax on tea.
136537935French and Indian WarThe English fought against France for the land in North America. England won but needed to pay off the debts of the war.
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