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Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Proclamation act of 1763 | Law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains |
Stamp act | A 1765 law that placed new duties on legal docs and taxed newspapers almanacs playing cards and dice |
Petition | Formal written request to someone in authority that is signed by a group of people |
Boycott | To refuese to buy or use certain goods or services |
repeal | To cancell |
writ of assistance | Legal document that allowed british customs officials to inspect a ships cargo with no reason |
Committee of correspondence | letter writing campaign that became a major tool of protest in the colonies |
militia | army of citizens who served as soldiers |
patriot | colonist who favored war |
loyalist | someone loyal to the brits |
blockade | shutting off a port |
traitor | person who betrays their country |
minutemen | colonial volunteer who prepared to fight in a minute |