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SS Vocab 2019
Word | Definition |
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The French And Indian War | War from 1753-1759 that was fought between England and her colonies and the French and the Indians |
Albany Plan of Union | Plan created by Ben Franklin that attempted to get the colonies to unite to fight the French. |
Treaty of Paris 1763 | Ended the French and Indian War. Gave England all of Frances land. |
Proclamation of 1763 | Law that draw a imaginary line along the Application Mountains. Forbid Appalachian from moving west of that line avoid conflicts with Indians. |
Sugar Act | 1764 law that put a tax on many items including sugar and molasses, |
Stamp Act | 1765 law that required all printed materials to have an official British stamp-raised the price of paper products. |
Quartering Act | 1766-1767 ;aw that required colonists to feed and house British Soldiers without any payment. |
Townshend Acts | 1767 law that taxed common every day items like glass, paint, lead, etc. |
Tea Act | law that allowed British East Indian Co to sell tea directly to the colonists-upset colonial merchants. |
Petition | A formal written request signed by a group of people. |
Boycott | To refuse to buy goods or use services. |
Repeal | To cancel |
Writ of Assistance | Legal document that let British officials inspect ships or businesses without reason. |
Committee of Correspondence | letter writing campaign between the colonies that reported on events in Massachusetts. |
Nonimportation Agreements | Agreements between American Merchants not to import or buy British goods taxed by the Townshend Acts |
Sons of Liberty | Organization of men that protected the British laws and policies. Protests, boycotts, occasional molence. |
Intolerable Acts | Laws placed on Massachusetts in early 1774 to punish them for the Boston Tea Party closed boston harbor. |
First Continental Congress | September 1774 meeting of COlonial delegates in Philadelphia agreed to boycott British goods and set up Militias. |
Militia | An army of citizens who serve as soldiers. |
Minute Men | Massachusetts Volunteer Soldiers who trained regularly amd were ready to fight. |