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American Revolution
Term | Definition |
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Declaration Of Independence | a statement of the principles on which our government is based on |
Democracy | a type of government by the whole population, typically made through elected representatives |
Stamp Act | an act of the British Parliament that exacted revenue from the American colonies |
Intolerable Acts | a series of laws passed by the British to punish the colony of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party |
Boston Tea Party | an American political and mercantile protest by the Sons of Liberty in Massachusetts |
Colony | a territory subject to a form of foreign rule |
Popular Sovereignty | the principle that the leaders of a state and its government are created and sustained |