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18 Cards in this Set
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Pontiac's War |
Indians couldn't count on the French for help so they started fighting but it did not last long |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
It stopped colonist from settling on the west side of the Appalachian Mountains. |
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Stamp Act |
Placed new duties on legal documents such as marriage papers,wills,newspapers,ect.. |
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Townshend Act |
taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead and tea |
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Writ of Assistance |
Officers would be allowed to inspect a ship's cargo without giving reason |
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Boston Massacre |
Boston crowd began to throw snowballs, Oysters, Shells and Ice at the soldiers the soldiers panicked and fired into the crowd killing 5 people. |
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Committee of Correspondence |
wrote regularly wrote letters and pamphlet's reporting to other colonies on events in Massachusetts |
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Petition |
a formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people |
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Boycott |
to refuse to buy certain goods and services |
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Repeal |
cancelled the Stamp Act |
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Tea Act |
Let company's sell directly to the colonies but put taxes on tea |
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Samuel Adams |
Helped plan the Boston Tea Party |
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Boston Tea Party |
colonist dressed up as Indians and threw tea into the harbor |
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Intorable Act |
meant to punish the colonist for throwing the Boston tea party |
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Quebec Act |
Made colonist house British soldiers |
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First Continatal Congress |
12 important men came from the thirteen colonies and meet in Philadelphia |
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minutemen |
were colonist ready to fight in a minute |
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Lexington and Concord |
One of the first battles of the American Revolution |