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Intolerable acts
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A series of laws enacted by Parliment in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston tea Party.
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Ally
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A country that helps another country to achieve a common goal.
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Alliance
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A formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
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Treaty
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Any agreement or compact
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Slogan
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A distinctive cry, phrase, or motto of any party, group, manufacturer, or person; catchword or catchphrase.
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militia
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a force of armed solders pledged to defend their community during the American Revolution.
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Parliment
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Englands chief law-making body
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Homespun
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Spun or made at home
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Navigate
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To move on, over, or through (water, air, or land) in a ship or aircraft.
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Navigation acts
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A series of laws passed by Parlement, begginning in 1651, to ensure that England made money from colonists trade.
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Boycott
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A refusall to buy certain goods.
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Act
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A formal decision, law, or the like, by a legislature, ruler, court, or other authority
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First continental congress
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A meeting of deligates in 1774 from all the colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial right.
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Second continental congress
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A governing body whose delegates agreed, in May 1775, to form the Continental Army and to approve the Decloration of Independance.
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Smuggle
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To illegally import or export goods
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Repeal
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To revoke or withdraw or to cancel
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Massacre
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The unnecessary, indescriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals
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Boston Massacre
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A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists, including Crispus Attucks, were killed
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Proclamation
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Something that is proclaimed; a public and official announcement.
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Proclamation of 1763
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An order in which Britan prohibated its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Ratifacation
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official approval
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Quarter
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to give a place to stay
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Quartering act
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A law passed by Parliment on 1765 that required the colonists to house and supply British soldiers
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Committees of Correspondence
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A group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters on colonial affairs.
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