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| THE BASIC ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL THEORY BY WHICH SEVENTEENTH- AND EIGHTEENTH0 CENTURY EUROPEAN POWERS GOVERNED THEIR OVERSEAS COLONIES. |
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| THE SET OF PARLIMENTARY LAW, FIRST PASSED IN 1650, THAT RESTRICTED COLONIAL TRADE AND DIRECTED IT TO THE BENEFIT OF BRITAN. |
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| HATED BRITISH COURTS IN WHCIH JURIES WERE NOT ALLOWED AND DEFENDANTS WERE ASSUMED GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN INNOCENT. |
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| THE EFFECTIVE FORM OF ORGANIXED COLONIAL RESISTANCE AGAINST THE STAMP ACT WHICH MADE HOMESPUN CLOTHING FASHIONABLE. |
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| THE PRODUCT TAXED UNDER THE TOWNSHEND ACTS THE GENERATED THE GREATEST COLONIAL RESISTANCE. |
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| COMMITEE OF CORRESPONDENCE |
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| UNDERGROUND NETWORKS OF COMMUNICATION AND PROPAGANDA, ESTABLISHED BY SAMUEL ADAMS, THAT SUSTAINED COLONIAL RESISTANCE. |
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| GERMAN MERCENARIES HIRED BY GEORGE III T0 FIGHT THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES |
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| SONS & DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY |
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| BRITISH POLITICAL PARTY OPPOSED TO LORD NORTH'S TORIES AND GENERALLY MORE SYPATHETIC THE THE COLONIAL CAUSE. |
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| RAPIDLY MOBILIZED COLONIAL MILITIAMEN WHOSE REFUSUAL TO DISPERSE SPARKED THE FIRST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION. |
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| ZEALOUS DEFENDER OF THE COMMON PEOPLE'S RIGHTS AND ORGANIZER OF UNDERGROUND PROPAGANDA COMMITTEES. |
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| MINISTER WHOSE CLEVER ATTEMPT TO IMPOSE IMPORT TACES NEARLY SUCCEEDED, BUT EVENTUALLY BREWED TROUBLE FOR BRITAN. |
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| "CHAMPAGNE CHARLEY" TOWNSHEND |
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| BRITISH MINISTER WHO RAISED A STORM OF PROTEST BY PASSING THE STAMP ACT. |
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| ALLEGED LEADER OF RADICAL PROTESTERS KILLED IN THE BOSTON MASSACRE. |
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| WEALTHY PRESIDENT OF THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS AND "KING OF THE SMUGGLERS" |
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| HARSH MEASURES OF RETALIATION FOR A TEA PARTY, INCLUDING THE BOSTON PORT ACT CLOSING THAT CITY'S HARBER. |
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| BRITISH GOVERNOR OF MASSACHUSETTS WHOSE STUBBORN POLICIES HELPED PROVOKE THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. |
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| FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS |
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| BODY LED BY JOHN ADAMS THAT ISSUED A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND ORGANIZED THE ASSOCIATION TO BOYCOTT ALL BRITISH GOODS. |
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| LEGISLATION PASSED IN 1765 BUT REPEALED THE NEXT YEAR, AFTER COLONIAL RESISTANCE MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO ENFORCE. |
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