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The triangle trade was a three way trade route between..

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Africa, England, and the Americas

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What was the main purpose of the navigation acts passed by Parliament in 1651?

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To control colonial trade

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The result of the staple act was…

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Higher price of goods for the colonies imported from Europe

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According to the theory of mercantilism, a nation thinks that increase its wealth and power by

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Exporting more than importing

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What was the significance of the Great Awakening?

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It made people question traditional forms of authority

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What was not a provision of the Navigation Acts?

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Three quarters of the crew had to take an oath of loyalty

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One direct result of the Intolerable Acts was…

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The convening of the first Continental Congress

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The Continental Army scored it’s first and much needed victory at

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Trenton, New Jersey

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Which group first lead the boycott British goods?

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The Sons of liberty

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The main purpose of the declaratory act was to

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Restate that Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies

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How did parliament respond to the Boston tea party?

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The intolerable acts

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“The shot heard ‘round the world”- where did it happen?

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Lexington

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All of the following issues were accomplished at the Second Continental Congress, except:

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Writing the constitution

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What was the significance of the battle of Saratoga?

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It encourage the French to support the Americans

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The phrase, “Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!” came from the battle of Bunker Hill.

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True

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Because it was a surprise attack, Trenton was an easy victory for the British

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False

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As of 1776, slaves, Native Americans, and woman were considered equal and endowed with natural rights

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False

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The Olive Branch Petition urges a return to the former harmony between the British and the colonies

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True

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The articles of Confederation gave the Confederation Congress all of the following powers except the power to-

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Impose taxes

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The system to make sure one branch will not become more powerful than another is-

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Checks and balances

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The office of the president of the United States was first established in the-

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Constitution

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Shay’s rebellion contributed to the belief among political leaders that –

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The nation needed a stronger central government

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The decision in the Marbury V. Madison case established-

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The court’s right of judicial review

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During John Adams’ presidency, why were democrat republican outraged by the Alien and Sedition Acts?

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They believed the laws violated freedom of speech

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The outcome of the Whiskey Rebellion helped to establish the power of federal government to-

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Impose taxes and enforce federal laws within states

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The United States gained the Louisiana Territory by-

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Buying it from France

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In the war between Britain and France, George Washington issued a proclamation declaring that the US was siding with France.

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False

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The Louisiana purchase more than doubled the size of the US.

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True

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Like George Washington, John Adams serve as a president for two terms

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False

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The Virginia and Kentucky resolutions said that states had the right to consider acts void if they deemed it unconstitutional

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True

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In 1850 Tennessee Gen. — leads American soldiers to victory against superior forces at New Orleans

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Andrew Jackson

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— was president during the war of 1812

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James Madison

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But 1807, Americans are deeply angered by —, the British policy of seizing Americans at sea and drafting them into the British navy.

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Impressment

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By 1806, Britain attempts to —, or seal off, Napoleon’s Europe.

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Blockade

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In 1814, — is signed, ending the war.

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Treaty of Ghent

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In 1810, young nationalists from the south and west enter Congress. Led by John C. Calhoun and Henry Clay, they became known as —.

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Warhawks

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In 1811, the native American confederacy suffers a setback when it loses the battle of Tippecanoe to —.

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William Henry Harrison

37
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Supreme Court rulings in three important cases between 1816 and 1824 shaped the future of American government by -.

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Establishing dominance of the federal government over the state government

38
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The solution that emerged in the Missouri compromise was to admit Missouri —.

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As a slave state and Maine as a free state

39
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The American system help bring the nation together by

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Creating a better transportation network to facilitate the exchange of goods

40
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Andrew Jackson use the power of the presidency to-

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Fire many federal officials and appoint loyal followers in their place

41
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Some Native American peoples in the southeast were called “the five civilized tribes” because

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They had adopted aspects of European culture

42
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The 1828 “Tariff of Abominations” was given that name by those who thought the tariff would hurt the South while helping

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Northern manufacturers

43
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What term refers to the 19th century belief that married women’s activity should be limited to Houseworth and family?

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The Cult of Domesticity

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This championed states’ rights and question the legality of applying some federal laws in the states

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Nullification Theory

45
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National interests should be placed ahead of regional concern/interest of other countries

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Nationalism

46
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Loyalty in one’s own region, rather than the whole country

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Sectionalism

47
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Escaped slave that remained in the south because he felt that he was called by God to organize his fellow slaves for freedom

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Nat Turner

48
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Published the North Star

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Frederick Douglass

49
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Reformer focused on the mentally ill

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Dorthea Dix

50
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The liberator publisher; first white American to demand slaves’ freedom

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William Lloyd Garrison

51
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Along with Lucretta Mott, organized first women’s rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

52
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Former slave, changed name, spoke for abolition and women’s rights

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Sojourner truth

53
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Policy by which newly elected president replaces people is known as assimilation

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False

54
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The Trail of Tears was the forced relocation of Cherokees.

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True

55
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South Carolina threatened to secede because they did not agree with a series of tariffs.

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True

56
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Martin Van Buren probably disagreed with Andrew Jackson on the subject of…

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False

57
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What was one effect of John Brown’s actions at Harper’s Ferry?

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And increase in tensions between the north and the south

58
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What was Henry Clay’s primary purpose in offering the compromise of 1850?

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To avoid the Civil War on the issue of slavery

59
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Lincoln became a Republican after leaving which party?

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The Whig party

60
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The Republican Party is formed by people who, despite their differences, were united in their

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Opposition to slavery

61
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Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written by

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

62
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The formal withdrawal of a state from the union is known as

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Secession

63
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The topic of the Lincoln-Douglas debates was

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Slavery in the territories

64
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Americans believed that it was their God Given right to spread from sea to shining sea was called

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Manifest Destiny

65
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This was the phrase used by Americans during the Mexican American war

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“Remember the Alamo!”

66
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And escaped slave who helped hundreds of others escape

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Harriet Tubman

67
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Who are the empresarios of Texas?

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Land agents

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Of the following, the man most in favor of seizing land from Mexico was

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James K Polk

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“Fifty-four forty or fight” referred to the boundary dispute between United States and

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Britain

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This is when farmers raise only one or two crops for sale

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Specialization

71
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in the early 19 century when this changed the way people acquired the goods they needed

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Market revolution

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This is an economic system in which private corporations and individuals control the means of production and use them to earn profits

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Capitalism

73
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Those who risk their own money on industry are called

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Entrepreneurs

74
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This person improved on an earlier invention called the telegraph

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Samuel F. B. Morse

75
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This person invented the steamboat

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Fulton

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This person was the commander of all Union armies, attacked confederate groups many times, losing nearly 60,000 men in one six-week period.

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Ulysses S Grant

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This person live the march to the sea; and believed in total war

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William T. Sherman

78
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Pres. of the union

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Lincoln

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Lincoln’s vice president

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Andrew Johnson

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This is a document, issued by a sovereignty, outlining conditions for colonies’ rights and privileges

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Charter

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What was the main job of the colonies?

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To export all materials to Britain, buy goods back and trade only with Britain

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What was the main effect of salutary neglect?

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it helped promote self government in the colonies

83
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During which event of the first fighting between redcoats and Minutemen occur?

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At the battle of Lexington

84
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Which European country supported the American colonies during the Revolutionary war?

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France

85
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Which of the following then helped to found the sons of liberty?

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Samuel Adams

86
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What did the Townshend acts bring about?

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Indirect taxes on imported goods

87
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Which document was crucial and changing public opinions to support independence?

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Common sense by Thomas Paine

88
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Whose concept did Jefferson draw upon as he drafted of the Declaration of Independence?

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John Locke’s

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During the Revolutionary war, what did the Continental Army lack?

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food and supplies

90
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The Boston massacre was a response to

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The stationing of British soldiers in Boston

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