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AH M1L1 Key Terms
American History Module 1 Lesson 1 Key Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Boston Tea Party | Protesting taxes on tea, dressed as natives. |
| Committees of Correspondence | Method of colonial communication and leadership group. |
| Non-Importation Movement | Protesting British imports to force recognition of rights. |
| Townshend Act | More taxes on items such as glass, lead, paint, tea, and paper. |
| Declaratory Act | Parliament's authority is the same in the American colonies as it is in Britain. |
| Sons of Liberty | Protest group who sometimes used violence and intimidation to get their point across. |
| Stamp Act Congress | Meeting to convey grievances. |
| Quartering Act | Lodging and support must be given to loyal soldiers- even if the colonist doesn't want to. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | No westward settlement beyond the original boundary line over the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Virtual Representation | Colonists were represented in Parliament the same as other British citizens. |
| Stamp Act | Direct tax on colonists for newspapers, pamphlets, licenses, legal documents, and playing cards. |
| Vice-Admiralty Courts | Courts utilized to protect trade as a result of the Sugar Act. |
| Sugar Act | Act passed to protect trade, taxes sugar and molasses in an effort to pay down war debt from the French & Indian War. |
| Salutary Neglect | Colonies benefit by being left alone, as long as they remain loyal to Great Britain. |
| Outremer | Antioch, Jerusalem, Tripoli, Edessa. The land beyond the sea. |
| Knights Hospitallar | A highly trained groups of knights who acted as a Christian border patrol. They created many hospitals. |
| 1187 AD | Third Crusade. Truce is made between Christians and Muslims. |
| Saladin | An Egyptian-Muslim who took Jerusalem into Muslim hands but allowed Christians to worship there. |
| 1192 AD | The date in which Richard I and Saladin made their truce. |
| Jihad | An intense, private religious struggle to bolster ones face. A holy war in defense of Islam. |
| Moors | Spanish Muslims. |
| Stephen of Cloyes | The child who started the Children's Crusade. |