Idk Flashcards

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Debts

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Money that is owed to someone else. People (and organizations such as governments) have deb
When they have borrowed money and promised to pay it back.

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Acts

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Laws created or passed by a government. For example,the stamp act was a law that was passed by the British parliament

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Taxation without representation

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Forcing people to pay taxes when they have had no say in making the law that created the tax. America colonizes were angry about paying taxes that were passed by the British parliament were they had no representatives.

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Protest

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To complain publicly about something that people believe is wrong or unfair.

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Parliament

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The lawmaking part of the British government similar to the congress in the United States. The American colonies did not have the right to elect representatives to parliament.

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