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Ch 7 Lesson 2 Vocab
Term | Definition |
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tax | money that people pay to their government in return for services |
smuggling | to import goods illegally |
liberty | freedom from being controlled by another government |
protest | an event at which people speak out about an issue |
boycott | the refusal to buy, sell, or use certain goods |
repeal | to cancel something, such as a law |
King George III | King of England and was the reason for the American Revolution |
Samuel Adams | an important leader of the Sons of Liberty and helped inspire the American Revolution |
Sons of Liberty | a group of colonists who were against the Stamp Act and wanted freedom from England |
The Townshend Acts | tax on tea, glass, lead, paints, and paper that the colonists imported |
Daughters of Liberty | women who wove cloth in order to make clothing, to avoid buying from England |