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Laws to punish the colonists after the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable acts
British need Colonists permission to tax
Consent of the governed
How did the colonists react to the Intolerable Acts?
They held the 1st continental congress
What was the Boston Tea Party
Protest of the Tea Act, Colonists dump tea into Boston harbor
Law that stopped the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian mountains
Proclamation of 1763
No taxation without
Representation
List 2 taxes without the consent of the colonists
Stamp act, sugar act, townshend acts, tea act
Why did the French and Indian war cause the American Revolution?
Britain began taxing the colonists
Who made the laws that taxed the colonists after the French and Indian War?
Parliament
What are civil liberties
freedoms you have as a citizen- voting, rights
What was the geographical limit of the Proclamation of 1763?
Appalachian mountains
Who were the Sons of Liberty
A colonial protest group organized by Sam Adams
What were the Committees of Correspondence?
Patriots who spread the word about what Britain was doing
