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2nd 6 weeks Social S
| Term | Definition | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | 1620, Pilgrims established for religious freedom | |||
| Magna Carta | 1215, King John was at war with France. John kept taxing nobles. The nobles rebelled against him | |||
| French and Indian War | 1754 | |||
| Boston Massacre | 1770, soldiers and dock workers get into a fight. Crispps Attucks was killer along with 4 other unarmed colonists. Event helped incite rebellion. | |||
| English Bill of Rights | 1689, William and Mary agreed to uphold the rights of English citizens and parliament | |||
| Glorious Revolution | 1688, change from King James to Mary and William parliament took power from the king | |||
| Boston Tea Party | 1773, colonists threw over chests of tea; they dressed as Indians and snuck on board and dumped 2 million dollar worth of tea into the ocean | |||
| Intolerable Acts | 1774, they closed the port of Boston until the colonists pay for the dumped tea | |||
| 1st Continental Congress | 1774, banned all trade with England | |||
| The Stamp Act | 1765, tax on the colonists legal documents with government stamp | |||
| Townshend acts | 1767, taxed ant house goods imported | |||
| Sugar Act | 1764, taxed on sugar, glass, stuff. | |||
| Tea Act | 1773, taxed all types of tea imported | |||
| Quartering Act | 1765, people had to house soldiers | |||
| Virginia House of Burgesses | 1619, The first representative assembly in the New England Colonies | |||
| What was the main reason for the establishment of each of the 13 colonies? |