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| Question | Answer |
| Mercenary | Soldier who serves another country for money. |
| Alliance | An agreement between groups to help each other |
| Blockade | Shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out. |
| Boycott | An organized a campaign to refuse to buy products from a specific group/place. |
| Militia | Civilians trained as soldiers but were not part of the regular army |
| Petition | A written request to the government. |
| Repeal | An official end. |
| Delegate | Person sent to represent others. |
| Duty | Tax on imported goods. |
| Stamp Act Congress | Met in New York City to officially protest the Stamp Act |
| Proclamation Line of 1763 | colonists were to stay east of the line and not settle on Native American lands. |
| Quartering Act | Required colonists provide quarters (housing) for British soldiers. |
| British Prime Minister George Grenville | He sought to enforce the taxes on sugar and molasses. |
| The Sugar Act | Tax on molasses and sugar in hopes to get Britain out of financial crisis. |
| The Stamp Act | Tax on paper to raise money to pay for British troops stationed in the colonies. |
| English Merchants | These people were hurt the most by the colonists boycott. |
| Colonial Assembly | The only people who had the right to tax colonists (according to Patrick Henry and the Virginia House of Burgesses). |
| Committees of Corrospondance | Groups, formed by colonists, who exchanged ideas and responses about the British. |
| Sons of Liberty | Colonial group organized to protect against British policies ( a more radical group) |
| The Declaratory Act of 1776 | After Britain repealed the Stamp Act, they issued this Act which stated Britain had the right to govern the colonies in all cases. |
| Townshend Act 1767 | Created after Stamp Act failed. Taxed imports of lead, glass, paper, ink and tea. |
| Writs of Assistance | Gave British officials the right to search businesses/ships for illegal goods. Created to enforce the Townshend Act |
| Boston Massacure | Deadly altercation between British soldiers and colonists in Boston. |
| Tea Act | Proclaimed the East India Tea Company was the only Tea colonists could buy and it was sold directly to the colonists at a lower price. |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonial merchants in Boston planned to send tea back to Britain. The Sons of Liberty changed the plan and dressed up as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea into harbor. |
| Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts | 1. Closed Boston Harbor until the colonists paid back what they destroyed (90,000 pounds of tea). 2. Took power away from the Massachusetts legislature and put it into the hands of the royal governor. 3. More troops from England to maintain law and order. AnotherQuartering Act ensuring British troops could secure a place to stay. |
| Delegate | Person sent to represent a group. |
| First Continental Congress 1774 | 1. King violated the colonists natural rights (life, liberty and property) 2. Boycott all British goods (import & export) 3. Urged Mass. colonists to train soldiers, stop paying British taxes and ignore Intolerable Acts. |
| Salutary Neglect | The main catalyst for the American Revolution. The reason colonists became enraged when Britain got involved in governing them. |
| Trade/Taxes | The main cause of conflict between Britain and the colonists from 1765 - 1774. |
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