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plan put forward in 1754 calling for an intercolonial union to manage defense and Indian affairs. The plan was rejected by participants at the Albany Congress

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Ben Franklin's Plan of the Union

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the last of the Anglo-French colonial wars (1754- 1763) and the first in which fighting began in North America. The war ended with France's defeat

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French and Indian War

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the formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain in February

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Treaty of Paris of 1763

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royal proclamation setting the boundary known as the Proclamation Line

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Royal Proclamation of 1763

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the name used by advocates of colonial resistance to British measures during 1760s and 1770s

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whigs

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a complex, changing body of ideas, values, and assumptions, closely related to country ideology, that influenced American political behavior during the 18th and 19th centuries

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republicanism

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law passed in 1764 to raise revenue in the American colonies. It lowered the duty from 6 pence to 3 pence per gallon on foreign molasses imported into the colonies and increased the restrictions on colonial commerce

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Sugar Act

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Law passed by Parliament in 1765 to raise revenue in America by requiring taxed, stamped paper for legal documents, publications, and playing cards

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Stamp Act

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the practice whereby elected representatives normally reside in their districts and are directly responsive to local interests

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actual representation

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a tactical means of putting economic pressure on Britain by refusing to buy its exports to the colonies

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Nonimportation movement

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law passed in 1776 to accompany repeal of the Stamp Act that stated that Parliament had the authority to legislate for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever"

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Declaratory Act

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Acts of Parliament, passed in 1767, imposing duties on colonial tea, lead, paint, paper, and glass

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Townshend Revenue Acts

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secret organizations in the colonies formed to oppose the Stampe Act

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Sons of Liberty

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after months of increasing frictions between townspeople and the British troops fired on American civilians in Boston

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Boston Massacre

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act of Parliament that permitted the East India Company to sell through agents in America without paying the duty customarily collected in Britain thus reducing the retail price

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Tea Act of 1773

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Incident that occured on December 16, 1773 in which Bostonians diguised as Indians, destroyed 10,000 pounds worth of tea belonging to the British East India Company in order to prevent payment of the duty on it

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Boston Tea Party

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Legislation passed by Parliament in 1774; including the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act of 1774

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Coercive Acts

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Acts of Parliament requiring colonial legislatures to provide supplies and quarters for the troops stationed in America

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Quartering Act

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Law passed by Parliament in 1774 that provided an appointed government for Canada, enlarged the boundaries of Quebec, and confirmed the privileges of the Catholic Church

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Quebec Act

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Committees formed in Massachusetts and other colonies in the pre-Revolutionary period to keep Americans informed about British measures that would affect the colonies

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Committees of Correspondence

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Meeting of delegates from most of the colonies held in 1774 in response to the Coercive Acts. The Congress endorsed the Suffolk Resolves, adopted the Declaration of Rights and Grievances, and agreed to establish the Continental Association

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First Continental Congress

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Any of the extralegal committees that directed the revolutionary movement and carried on the functions of government at the local level in the period between the breakdown of royal authority and the establishment of regular government

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Committee of Safety

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Special companies of militia formed in Massachusetts and elsewhere beginning in the late 1744

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Minutemen

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The document by which the second Continental Congress announced and justified its decision to renounce the colonies' allegiance to the British government

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Declaration of Independence

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The Seven Years was the first time the British....

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tried to cooperate together

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Who was the Prime Minister during the Seven Years' War?

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William Pitt

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What did the 1763 Treaty of Paris agree to in terms of land?

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French gave land to Spanish who gave land to British

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What did the 1763 Treaty of Paris do to the Native Americans?

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The French had given away their land even though it belonged to the Native Americans

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What did the Seven Years' War do to colonists' pride?

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Nationalism went up