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The British Parliament enacted the Coercive Acts on March 28, 1774, as punishment for what act by colonists?

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1. The British Parliament enacted the Coercive Acts on March 28, 1774, as punishment for what act by colonists?
2. The colonists called the acts what in their terms?
3. The Acts enraged the colonists and ushered what meeting in September 1774?
4. South Carolina's Provincial Congress ratified their new constitution and government on March 26, 1776. Who did they name as president of their General Assembly?
5. While South Carolina took its first step towards independence four months before the Continental Congress declared independence, what was the first colony to declare itself free of Great Britain?
6. Henry Laurens, who served as the vice president of South Carolina until June 1777, was imprisoned where for 15 months?
7. Thomas Jefferson was elected to the Second Continental Congress in what year?
8. How old was Jefferson when he finished writing his draft of the Declaration of Independence?
9. In what year did the Second Continental Congress adopt the Declaration of Independence?
10. Jefferson served as minister to France from 1784 to 1789 and then served in what capacity under President Washington?



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