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19 Cards in this Set
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Puritains
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Were a group of people who had broken away from the church of England because of religious differences
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Propreietary Colony
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Was one directed by thoseto whom a charter had been granted
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Royal Colony
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Was one directly governed by the king
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Parish
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Was both a church and a British government district
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French and Indian War
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It ended in 1763
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Crackers
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A group of what plantation owners called "undesirable people" who moved from Virginia and the Carolinas to settle in the middle and western parts arts of the colony
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Independence
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Political or economic freedom
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Navigation Act
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Of 1763 said the colonies could only British vessels to ship their goods
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Stapm Act
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In an attampt to raise enough money to pay for the French and Indian War
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Liberty Boys
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A group of georgians came together to oppose the Stamp Act
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Tories
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Who remained loyal to Great Britian
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Whigs
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Who joined others in the colonies to seek freedom from British rule
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Townshend Act Of 1767
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Which placed import taxes on tea ,paper,gless,and coloring for paints.
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Quartering Act
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The citizens of all colonies had to house and feed British soldiers at their own expense
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Second Continental Congress
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A meeting of th ecolonist asking King Gorge 11 to not take further unfriendly steps against the coloies and to create an army which was to be led by George Washington of Virgina
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Declaration of Independence
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A document signed on August 2,1776 by the colonists seeking independence from England
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Ratified
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Approved
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Articles of Confederation
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A set of rules that formed the first constitution of the United States of America
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Treaty of Paris
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An agreement ending the French and Indian War
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