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Remembering why the colonies rebelled — Homework
Answer in complete sentences, using specific names, dates, or events from this week.
- 1.In what year did Parliament pass the Stamp Act, and what did it tax?
- 2.What event in 1773 involved colonists dumping British tea into a harbor?
- 3.What does "no taxation without representation" mean, and why did it become the colonists' rallying cry?
- 4.What did the Intolerable Acts of 1774 do to Massachusetts?
- 5.Write a short paragraph explaining how the colonies moved from protesting for their rights as British subjects to demanding full independence.
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