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Unit 5 SS
8th Grade Social Studies Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| proclamation of 1763 | they couldn’t move west, they ignored those people and went anyway |
| sugar act 1764 | new tax on molasses you will recall was a valuable item in the triangular trade, led to the revolutionary war |
| stamp act 1765 | faced major loss income, affected all the 13 colonies |
| quartering act 1765 | center in protest colonists had to provide nourishing, candies , bedding and beverages to the soldiers and people refused to obey that law |
| Townshend acts 1767 | tax was law but they objected, colonies objected the tax parliament didn’t have the right to tax them without consent |
| tea act | a trick to tax colonists, led to the Boston tea party |
| intolerable acts | they founded them to be intorable, block the exports of the first contential congress and the organization of militias |
| Quebec act | it limited the growth of the colonies, led to battle of legxition and conquered Quebec |
| French and Indian war | they fought over Ohio river valley |
| Albany plan of union | Benjamin Franklin fought to let the 13 colonies have a central court |
| plains of Abraham | a field near Quebec site of major British victory |
| treaty of Paris | treaty for the French and the Indians in the 1763 |
| Pontiac war | a conflict between native Americans and the British in 1763 |
| writs of assistance | a legal document that allowed British customs officials to inspect a ships cargo |
| Boston massacre | 1770 conflict in which five colonies were killed by the British |
| committee of correspondence | Samuel Adams later expanded on the idea of letter writing campaign |
| petition | a formal writer request to someone in authority |
| boycott | refuse to buy certain goods and services |
| repeal | it canceled the stamp act |
| Boston tea party | three ships unloaded and had to reload because a guy didn’t want them their so he told them to get off of his dock to they had to move |
| first continental congress | pelagets from 12 colonies to gather |
| militia | an army of a city who serve as soldiers during an emergency |
| minutemen | volunteers that kept muskets at hand |
| Lexington and concord battles | ended all hope for a peaceful settlement |
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