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road to revolution
vocab 2019
Term | Definition |
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The French and Indian War | (1753-1759) Fought between England and her colonies and the French and Indian |
Albany Plan of Union | Plan made by Ben Franklin that tried to get colonies to unite to fight the French |
Treaty of Paris | Ended F+I war, gave England all of France's American land |
Proclamation of 1763 | Law that drew imaginary line on Appalachian mtns, forbidding colonists to move west |
Sugar Act | Law that put tax on items including sugar and molasses |
Stamp Act | Raised price of paper products, required all printed materials to have an official British Stamp |
Quartering Act | Law that required colonists to house and feed redcoats with no repayment |
Townshend Act | Law that taxed common everyday things such as glass, lead, paints, etc |
Tea Act | Law that allowed British East India co. to sell tea directly to the colonists (hurt merchants) |
Petition | A formal written request signed by a group of people |
Boycott | To refuse to buy goods or use services |
Repeal | To cancel |
Writs of Assistance | Legal document that let British officials inspect ships or businesses without a reason |
Committee of Correspondance | Letter writing campaign between the colonies that reported on events in Mass. |
Non Importation Agreement | Agreement between American merchants not to import or buy British goods taxed by the Townshend Acts |
Sons of Liberty | Organization of men that protested the British laws and policies |
Intolerable Act | Laws placed on Massachusetts in early 1774 to punish them for the Boston Tea Party (closed Boston Harbor) |
First Continental Congress | Meeting of colonial delegates in Philly agreed to boycott British goods and set up militias |
Militia | An army of citizens who serve as soldiers |
Minutemen | Massachusetts volunteers soldiers who trained regularly and where ready to fight |