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1
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What is Parliament?

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The English government that passes laws

2
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What was the Tea Act?

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A law that lowered the cost of British (English) tea, but also made it so that the only tea you could buy was British tea

3
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What is a monopoly?

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A monopoly is when a company has 100% control over a specific product.

4
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What is a monopoly you need to learn about with regards to the English?

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The British East India Company

5
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What did the British East India Company sell?

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Tea (they sold other things but you just need to know they sold tea)

6
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Who were the “Patriots”?

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People who united to protest the British government

7
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What happened during the Boston Tea Party?

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British colonists threw 1,000,000 dollars worth of tea from the British East India company into the ocean

8
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Why did the colonists throw the British tea into the ocean?

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Because they didn’t like that they had to buy tea from the British East India Company?

9
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What group was responsible for organizing the Boston Tea Party?

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The Sons of Liberty

10
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Who are the Sons of Liberty?

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