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Causes of the Revolu
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The French and Indian War | War between the British/Colonies and the French/Native Americans from 1754 - 1763. It leaves the British with huge debts |
| Join or Die | A flag created by Benjamin Franklin during the French and Indian War |
| Militia | A force made up of civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army |
| Alliance | agreement between two nations or groups to help each other against other nations or groups |
| Cede | surrendered |
| duty | import tax |
| boycott | an organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products |
| petition | a written request to a government |
| writ of assistance | court orders that allowed officials to make searches without saying for what they were searching |
| John Adams | Massachusetts lawyer who defended the British soldiers after the Boston Massacre. He then became part of the Continental Congresses |
| Samuel Adams | A cousin of John Adams, he was the leader of the group "The Sons of Liberty." |
| George Washington | A Colonial officer who was given command over the creation of a fort near present day Pittsburg, but the French beat him there. He then created Fort Necessity and subsequently lost it |
| Monopoly | total control of a market for a certain product |
| repeal | official end |
| minutemen | citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minutes notice |
| blockade | shutting off a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out |
| mercenary | soldiers who serve another country for money. |
| The Proclamation of 1763 | An imaginary line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains that was the farthest that colonialist could move west. |
| The Sugar Act | A tax on many things most notably molasses |
| The Quartering Act | Parliament stated that colonists had to quarter (house and feed) British soldiers |
| The Stamp Act | A tax on all paper products which required a stamp to show that the tax was paid |
| Boston Massacre | March 5, 1770 British troops opened fire on a group of Colonists gathered outside the Boston Customs house. They were throwing ice, snow and rocks and as a result 5 people were died |
| The Tea Act | 1773, the British place a tax on all Tea except that tea brought in by the British East India Company |
| Boston Tea Party | A group of colonist dressed up as Native Americans and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | A series of Taxes and Acts that were viewed very negatively by the Colonists and were requested by them to be retracted |
| Lexington and Concord | The first battles of the American Revolution |
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