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1776 BCE
Common Sense
the ability to think and behave in a reasonable way and to make good decisions. You really should go to see a doctor if your leg hurts that much. It's just common sense! Obey the laws and use common sense when operating your boat. She's very smart but she doesn't have a lot of common sense -
1774 BCE
The intolerable Act
a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party -
1773 BCE
Boston Tea party
To protest British Parliament's tax on tea. "No taxation without representation." The demonstrators boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government considered the protest an act of treason and responded harshly. -
1765 BCE
Stamp Act
required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards