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he was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence

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an American politician, and youngest signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence

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a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and of the Articles of Confederation as a representative of South Carolina

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a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of South Carolina

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managed the Colonial war effort and moved incrementally towards independence

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Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular culture or government

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an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers

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a document that says that the Americans were no longer under British rule. Instead, the thirteen British colonies came together to become a new country.

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The Committee of 99 had the following people:  15 merchants, 15 artisans, 69 planters.

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planter and public official from South Carolina. A member of the colonial legislature, during the American Revolution he attended the Continental Congress and served as that body's presiding officer for a few days in 1774.

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A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts

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First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from twelve of the Thirteen Colonies.

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an English and later British joint-stock company, which was formed to pursue trade with the "East Indies"

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these were harsh laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 and they were meant to punish the American colonists for the Boston Tea Party and other protests.

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An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain whose principal objective was to reduce the massive amount of tea held by the financially troubled British East India Company

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The Loyal Nine, began preparing for agitation against the Stamp Act. As that group grew, it came to be known as the Sons of Liberty.

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revoke or annul a law or congressional act

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withdraw from commercial or social relations with an organization as a punishment or protest

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a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America; it was the first gathering of elected representatives from several of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation

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a tax that is paid to the government by one entity in the supply chain, but it is passed on to the consumer as part of the price of a good or service

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a tax that is paid directly by an individual or organization to an imposing entity

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a list of commodities along with the leviable rate of customs

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A tax imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.

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a revenue-raising act passed by the British Parliament of Great Britain in April of 1764

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a series of conflicts between Cherokee Indians and American citizens who encroached on their land in the southern Appalachian highlands

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A global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763. It involved every European great power of the time and spanned five continents: Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines

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A North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War and it began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763.