Capter 4-Governing The American Colonies Flashcards

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King’s principal advisors who were responsible for setting colonial policy

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Privy Council

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Closed the lands west of the Appalachian mountains

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Proclamation of 1763

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Taxed the use of all sorts of printed matter

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Stamp Act

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Resulted in James the 2nd being dethroned

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Glorious Revolution

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Resulted in the English government issuing the Proclamation of 1763

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Pontiac’s Rebellion

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Stated that the colonies were subordinate to Parliament

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Declaratory Acts

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Subcommittee responsible for making major colonial decisions

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Lords of Trade

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What England achieved by selling more goods than it bought

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Favorable balance of trade

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Taxes on imports collected from shippers

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Indirect taxes

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Consisted of king or queen, the House of Lords,and the House of Commons

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Parliament

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Boston lawyer who defended British troops involved in the Boston massacre

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John Adams

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Colonial elected bodies that were modeled after the House of Burgesses

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Legislature

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Passed to make sure the colonies raised the right products and sold them in the right places

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Navigation Acts

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Chief official of the country court

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Justice of the peace

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Boston radical who helped write the Massachusetts Circular Letter

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Samuel Adams

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Local governments in the southern colonies

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Country court

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British General ,died in the battle of Quebec

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James Wolfe

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Local governments in the north

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Town meetings

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Lieutenant governor of Virginia

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Robert Dinwiddie

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Head of each colonial government

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Governor