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Unit 4-History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Taxation | Process of collecting money from citizens for government expenses |
| Polictical Revolution | process of changing one government to another |
| Patriots | American colonists who supported independence from Great Britain |
| Loyalists | American Colonists who did not support independence. |
| Grievance | a complaint |
| Boycott | to refuse to buy goods from a certain business or government |
| Militia | a military force of volunteers |
| Mercenaries | soldiers who were paid to fight |
| Independence | Freedom from rule |
| Minutemen | a member of a groupd of men that pledges to take up arms at a minutes notice |
| Olive Branch Petition | an officaial message sent to King George III where the colonists were trying to keep peace with England |
| Articles of Conferderation | the first plan of government for the United States |
| Treaty of Paris | formal agreement between the US and Great Britain in which Great Britain recognized the US as independent |
| French and Indian War | Kown in Europe as the Seven Year War, this involved the Native Americans, English, French, and the colonists. |
| Boston Tea Party | Memebers of the Sons of Liberty dumped the tea in the harbor to protest the tea act. |
| Declaration of Independence | document written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 that told King George III that they not longer wanted to part of Great Britain |
| Tarrif | Tax on imports |
| Proclamation of 1763 | and order by King George III of England that blocked the colonists from settling lands West of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Ally | A Nation who is a military partner |