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Proclamation of 1763
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Official announcement from British government that ended all settlement west of the Apalachain Mountains
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Stamp Act
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Passed in 1765 by British Parliament that forced people to pay tax on items such as newspapers and legal documents
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Quartering Act
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Passed in 1765; it required colonists to pay for quartering (housing and feeding) British soldiers in their area
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The Writs of Assistance
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Written orders that allowed officials to conduct unrestricted searches for suspected smuggled goods; blank search warrants
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Townshed Acts
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Laws passed by the British Parliament that placed import duties on tea, paper, glass, and paint.
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Boycott
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Refusal to buy goods or have dealings with a country or entity, usually to express diapproval or force acceptance of certain conditions
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Coercive/ Intolerable Acts
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-A series of harsh acts that came as a response to the Boston Tea Party
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Mercantilism
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the theory that a state's power depends on its wealth
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Colony
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settlement made by a parent company
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The First Continental Congress
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a respone to the Intolerable acts
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The Second Continental Congress
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An army was formed and George Washington was chosen to lead it
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Hessians
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professional German soldiers
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Navigation Acts
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~laws passed by England to control colonial trade.
~Passed to make mercantilism work. |
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John Locke
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Philosopher who's ideas inspired the Declaration of Independence
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"No Taxation Without Representation"
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the colonists wanted say in the government
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Boston Massacre
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After the French and Indian war, causing high taxation, the tension between the colonists and the British broke, causing a killing of 5 people. The colonists called it a massacre as a propaganda to get more colonists to join the cause of the Sons of Liberty.
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Boston Tea Party
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After the stamp act, Townshend acts, and Boston Massacre...
On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of men calling themselves the "Sons of Liberty" went to the Boston Harbor. The men were dressed as Mohawk Indians. They boarded three British ships, the Beaver, the Eleanor and the Dartmouth, and dumped forty-five tons of tea into the Boston Harbor. |