SFDS Chapter 5 Sections 1 and 2 Road to Revolution
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| Revenue | Incoming money
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| Writs of Assistance | Legal documents that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for good that might be smuggled.
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| Resolution | a formal expression of opinion.
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| effigy | A rag figure representing an unpopular individual.
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| Boycott | to refuse to buy items from a particular country; to refuse to use in order to show disapproval of force acceptance of one's terms.
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| Nonimportation | the act of not importing or using certain goods.
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| Repeal | to cancel an act or law.
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| The Proclamation of 1763 | Britain limited colonists westward expansion to the Appalachian Mountains. Angered the colonists because they already purchased land in the Ohio River Valley. England also planned to have 10,000 troops stationed on the line.
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| The Sugar Act | Lowered the tax on molasses imported by the colonists in hopes that they would stop smuggling. Also let officers seize goods from smugglers without going to court.
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| The Stamp Act | placed a tax on almost all printed material in the colonies. All paper products had to have a stamp that was applied by a British official. Effected every aspect of colonial life. Convinced many colonists of the need for action.
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| Patrick Henry | Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses who persuaded the Virginia government to issue a resolution that declared only the colonies had the right to tax their own citizens.
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| Samuel Adams | Created the Sons of Liberty. A hotheaded lawyer and merchant from Boston who is going to encourage others to rebel against England. Also is going to create the Committees of Correspondence.
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| Sons of Liberty | A group of men who are going to protest the acts of England through protesting, burning effigies, raiding and destroying houses belonging to royal officials.
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| Stamp Act Congress | Delegates from nine colonies met in New York and drafted a petition to the king and Parliament declaring that the colonies could not be taxed except by their own assemblies.
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| Declaratory Act | Came after the repeal of the Stamp Act. 1766 and it states that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies. They were still British citizens and Parliament had the right to tax them.
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| Townshend Acts | Only applied to imported goods, tax paid when the ship came into port. Taxed basic items like glass, tea, paper, and lead.
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| Daughters of Liberty | Women organized themselves into this group to support the boycott of the Townshend Act. Wore homemade clothes and produced goods at home to protest.
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| Boston Massacre | March 5, 1770. British soldiers had been stationed in Boston to make sure they paid their taxes. The crowd approached the customshouse and antagonized the soldiers. The crowd had any type of weapon they could hold. 5 people in the crowd were killed.
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| Crispus Attucks | The first person killed in the Boston Massacre. Half Native American and half African American.
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| Propaganda | Information designed to influence opinion.
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| Committee of Correspondence | Created by Samuel Adams. Circulated writings about colonists grievances against the British. Brought together protesters opposed to the British.
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| Tea Act | Gave the British East India Company the right to ship tea to the colonies without paying most of the taxes usually placed on tea. Also can cut out the colonial merchant and sell directly to stores.
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| Boston Tea Party | December 16, 1773. The Sons of Liberty snuck on three ships in the middle of the night and dumped all the tea on Board into the Boston Harbor. After all the town celebrated.
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| George III | The king of England during all this protest. He refuses to let the colonies go and refuses to give into their demands.
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| Coercive Acts | Closed Boston Harbor. Banned town meetings. Royal Officials can be tried in England instead of the colonies. Soldiers can stay in personal homes. Quebec given freedom of religion and self-government. Intolerable Acts.
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