History of the Americas
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- information or rumors used to help help a certain side or cause (shape the truth )
- In the American colonies, boycotts were an effective way of protesting British policies mainly because the boycotts cause
- require all colonists to house arm and fund the british soilders
- a group of colonial soldiers ready to fight at a moments notice
- How did Parliament respond to the colonial protests of the Stamp Act?
- taxed all legal and any paper documents
- What happened to the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre and who was their attorney? Why did the attorney choose to represent the soldiers?
- act of protest against the tea act organized by a group of patriots
- Who were the two opponents in the French and Indian War?
- What territory did Great Britain gain as a result of the French and Indian War?
- Why did the "western world" (democratic societies) stand by and watch these dictators rise to power, "annex" neighboring countries, and build their militaries without intervening.
- forbade colonists to move west of the appalachian mountains
- money paid to the government for certain services
- a letter sent to a government demanding change or something to be done
- What was the British Government's response to the Boston Tea Party?
- a drastic or radical change where something new begins
- How did the colonists respond to the Townshend Acts?
- the group that organized a protest against the tax on tea
- Where was the first battle of the American Revolution fought?
- documents allowing british officals to search your home warehouse or ship.