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17 Cards in this Set
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Siege
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The surrounding of an enemy by and army.
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Ally
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A person, group, or nation united with another for a special purpose.
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Treaty
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A formal agreement
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Parliament
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Britian's lawmaking body
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Treaty of Paris
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The document that ended the French and Indian War giving the British control of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Prockamation of 1763
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This law established a boundary that colonists were not supposed to cross.
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Tax
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Money a government collects from its people
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Petition
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Formal written request to those in authority
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Boycott
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A refusal to buy something
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Liberty
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The condition of being free
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Delegate
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Leader chosen to attend a congressional gathering
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Militia
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An army made up of ordinary citizens who can be called together in an emergency.
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Stamp Act
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A tax law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required all colonial newspapers to have special stamps, which colonists had to pay for
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Townshend Acts
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Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that set taxes on British goods, causing protests by the colonists.
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Boston Tea Party
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An event that occurred in 1773, when colonists boarded a British ship in the Boston Harbour and threw its cargo of tea into the sea, protesting the tea tax.
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Carpenters' Hall
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A building in Philadelphia uilt by the city's carpenters where the First Continental Congress met in 1774.
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First Continental Congress
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The gathering of representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies in Philadelphia in 1774 to decide the course of action in regard to Britian.
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