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22 Cards in this Set
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law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalation Mountains
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Proclaqmation of 1763
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A 1763 conflict between N. Americans and the British settlements of Indian lands in the great lakes area
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Pontiacs war
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a 1763 agreement between Britian and France that ended the French and Indian war and marked the end of the French power
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Treaty of Paris
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A field near Quebec, site of British victory over French
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Plains of Abraham
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Proposed by Benjamin Franklin to create one government for the 13 colonies
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Albany plan of union
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A war that took place from 1754 and 1763 between English and France, both allied by native americans allies that led to the end of French power in N. America
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French and Indian War
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a 1765 law that placed new duties on legal documents and taxed newpapers
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Stamp act
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formal written request to someone in authority signed by a group of people
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petition
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refusal to buy certain goods
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boycott
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cancel
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repeal
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laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint
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Townshend Act
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legal document that allowed British custom officials to inspect a ships cargo without giving a reason
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Writ of assistance
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a 1720 conflict between colonists and British troops in which 5 colonists were killed
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Boston Massacre
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letter writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies
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Committee of Correspondence
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a 1723 law that led the British East India compny bypass tea merchants and sell directly to colonists
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Tea Act
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a 1773 protest in whcih colonists dressed as indians and dumped British tea into the Boston Harbor
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Boston Tea Party
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series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party
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Intolerable Act
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law that sets up government for Canada that protected the rights of French Catholics
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Quebec Act
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in 1724 the meeting of in Philadelphia of delegates from 12 colonies
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1st Continental Congress
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army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency
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militia
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colonial militia volunteer who was prepared to fight at a minutes notice
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minuteman
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in 1775, conflicts between Mass colonists and British soldiers that started the Revolutionary war
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Battle of Lexington and Concord
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