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First Continental Congress
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The first continental congress was a meeting of 56 delegates sent from all of the colonies except georgia
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Intolerable acts
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The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws called the Corrosive Acts. They: Prevented massachusetts from governing itself, The quartering act was strengthened, Soldiers were allowed to take private homes if barracks were full.
The port of boston was closed as a punishment for the boston tea party
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Loyalist
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Someone loyal to the british
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Minute men
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Minutemen were soldiers who were hand-picked from the militia and could be ready in a minute
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Patriot
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A colonist who want independence from Britain.