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SOCIAL STUDIES U6.1
VOCAB
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Proclamation | a public or official announcement dealing with very important matters |
| Articles of Confederaion | (A.O.C.) America's first written constitution : had many limitations that made running the government difficult |
| Constitution | a document written to outline a country's government |
| Grievances | an official statement of a complaint over something that is believed to be wrong or unfair |
| Loyalist | a colonist who was loyal to England |
| Patriot | a colonist who wanted to become independent from England |
| Constitutional Convention | meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 to rewrite the A.O.C, but the document was scrapped and replaced by the Constitution |
| Intolerable Acts | a group of 5 acts issued by the British Parliament designed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party |