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Key Terms 13-23 from Unit 1B

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Jamestown   1st permanent settlement in the Americas; they established the first representative democracy in America (the House of Burgesses)  
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Plymouth   The 1st permanent settlement in Massachusetts established by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower; they established a direct democracy called the Mayflower Compact.  
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Navigation Act   British law that said colonies could ONLY trade with Britain since they were British territory; colonies could not trade with other countries. This led to smuggling. (Ex; John Hancock)  
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Stamp Act   Tax on all paper products in the colonies (later repealed); this led to the famous phrase “taxation without representation is tyranny”  
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Intolerable Act (Coercive Act)   Following the Boston Tea Party, Britain declared martial law in Boston. They set up a blockade and took over the town.  
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Quartering Act   Law passed by British Parliament allowing British soldiers to take whatever housing accommodations they needed from the colonies.  
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Townshend Act   Tax on colonial tea, lead, paint, etc. It was the protest of this law that led to the Boston Tea Party.  
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Boston Massacre   Provoked by colonists, British soldiers accidentally shot into a crowd of protestors in Boston, killing 5 people. This obviously increased tension between colonies and Britain  
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Boston Tea Party   A group called the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and dumped 342 chests of British Tea into Boston harbor in protest of taxes; this led to Britain passing the Intolerable Act.  
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1st continental Congress (1774)   A delegation of colonials sent to Philadelphia in an attempt to deal with the rising tension between the colonies and Britain. The solution was to write a letter to King George III.  
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2nd continental congress (1775)   A 2nd delegation sent to Philadelphia to deal with rising tensions between the colonies and Britain. This eventually led to the Declaration of Independence (1776).  
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