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Chapter 5

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boycott a form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services
Currency Act the British law that regulated paper money in the American colonies
duty a tax on imports
grievance an objection or reason to complain
militia military force made up of local citizens to help protect their town, land, or nation
Proclamation of 1763 a law requiring colonists to stay east of a line drawn on a map along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains
Quartering Act one of several British laws that required American colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers stationed in North America
Boston Massacre the 1779 incident in which British soldiers fired on locals who had been taunting them
Boston Tea Party the 1773 incident in which the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped their cargo in protest of British taxes on the colonists
committee of correspondence in the Revolutionary era, a group of colonists whose duty it was to spread news about protests against the British
First Continental Congress the 1774 meeting of representatives from American colonies to decide on a response to the Intolerable Acts
Intolerable Acts the British laws passed to punish the people of Boston after the Boston Tea Party; also called the Coercive Acts
Loyalist an American colonist who supported Britain during the American Revolution
artillery large guns that can fire over a long distance
Continental Army the American army formed in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress and led by General George Washington
Declaration of Independence the document declaring American independence from Great Britain, adopted July 4, 1776
drumlin a smooth-sloped hill made of glacial sediments
earthworks human-made land modifications
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