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Revolution/Constitut
US History
Term | Definition |
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Proclamation of 1763 | British law that stated colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains |
Sugar Act 1764 | no taxation without representation! British taxes were placed on sugar |
Navigation Acts | a series of Acts passed in the 1650's to regulate colonial trade and enable England to collect taxes |
Stamp Act 1765 | tax on newspapers, legal and commercial documents. It was repealed. |
Townshend Act of 1767 | tax placed on imports of paper and tea |
Boston Massacre 1770 | a protest against British rule and taxes |
Tea Act 1773 | British East India Company monopolized the tea in America |
Tea Party | colonists dressed up like Native Americans and dumped 342 cases of British tea into the Boston Harbor |
Intolerable Act 1774 | Acts that punished the colonists for the tea party. They closed the Boston Harbor,decreased the power of the Mass legislature, issued Quartering Act and Quebec Act |
Sons of Liberty | a protest organization lead by Sam Adams |
Declaratory Act 1766 | Parliament announced that they had the right to tax and make decisions for the colonies |
Quartering Act 1774 | Troops can stay in private homes |
Egalitarianism | equality (spirit of the Revolution) |
Olive Branch Petition 1775 | colonists tried a last ditch effort to reconcile with King George |
Common Sense | written by Thomas Pain and said that America should be independent. |
Treaty of Paris | it ended the Revolutionary war and established the 13 colonies as 13 states. It also made more US territories east of the Mississippi River. |
Articles of Confederation | in effect from 1781-1789. Considered the "law of the land" before the Constitution |
Shay's Rebellion | farmers protested imprisonment for debt, lack of currency, and high taxes |
3/5 Compromise | each slave would count for 3/5 of one person; both for taxation and representation |