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King of England who punished the colonists

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George III

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Refusal of the colonists to buy British goods

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Boycotts

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Prime Minister under George who set up the tax acts

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George Greenville

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Most wanted colonist who led the Sons of Liberty

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Sam Adams

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Fiery speaker who said give me liberty or give me death

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Patrick Henry

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President of the Continental Congress and the first president of the United States

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George Washington

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He set up the second group of tax acts

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Charles Townsend

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Group of colonists who harassed tax collectors and soldiers

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Sons of liberty

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Colonist who are prepared to fight in an instant

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Minutemen

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Group of colonists who wrote to other colonies about news

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Committees of correspondence

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First meeting of all colonies to discuss British tax acts

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Stamp act congress

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Said colonist couldn’t go over the Appalachian Mountains to settle

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Proclamation of 1763

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Colonies existed for the benefit of England

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Mercantile Theory

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Indian who attacked the colonist and the colonist didn’t ask England for help

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Pontiac

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Smuggled Tea

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John Hancock

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Ship that colonist burned in Rhode Island

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Gaspee

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Lawmakers of England

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Parliament

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British required colonist to pay Anglican preachers

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Parsons cause

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Illegal running of goods for profit

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Smuggling

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Many people killed at once

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Massacre

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Top executive of England; answers only to King

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Prime Minister

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