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Question
Match the following:
| A | B |
| 1. Boston Tea Party | (a) 1789 |
| 2. Declaration of Independence | (b) protest against new taxes |
| 3. Treaty of Paris | (c) middle class |
| 4. French Revolution | (d) 1776 |
| 5. Third Estate | (e) British government and the colonists |
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Solution
| A | B |
| 1. Boston Tea Party | (b) protest against new taxes |
| 2. Declaration of Independence | (d) 1776 |
| 3. Treaty of Paris | (e) British government and the colonists |
| 4. French Revolution | (a) 1789 |
| 5. Third Estate | ((c) middle class |
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