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US History [1]
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45.
Committees of Correspondence
– committees appointed fromdifferent colonies to communicate on matters; asserted rights to self-government, cooperation between colonies
46.
Tea Act (1773)
– intended to save British East India Companyfrom bankruptcy, could sell directly to consumers rather thanthrough wholesalers (lowered prices to compete with smuggled tea)
47.
Boston Tea Party
– peaceful destruction of British tea inBoston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians
48.
Quebec Acts
– former French subjects in Canada allowed tokeep Catholicism, while American colonists expected to participatein the Church of England
49.
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)