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Taxed sugar and molasses. Allowed smugglers to be tried without a jury trial

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Sugar Act

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Passed after French and Indian War – prevented colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mts.

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Proclamation Line of 1763

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Colonists were forced to keep soldiers in their homes, providing shelter and food

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Quartering Act

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Taxed tea, glass, lead, paper, & paint – allowed writs of assistance to be used to search property without probable cause

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Townshend Act

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Passed by Parliament and stated that Parliament had the power to pass laws for the colonies including tax laws

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Declaratory Act

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Gave monopoly on colonial tea sales to East India Tea Company. Offered tea at cheap prices

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Tea Act

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First elected assembly in the colonies. Congress is modeled after this

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Virginia House of Burgesses

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Laws passed by Parliament in response to Boston Tea Party – Closed Boston Harbor, ended Massachusetts self-government, British officials tried in England, added another Quartering Act

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Intolerable Act (Coercive Act called by the British)

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Event in which colonists anger towards soldiers in colonies erupts into violence with 5 colonists shot by soldiers

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Boston Massacre

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Engraving by this patriot was used by Sons of Liberty as propaganda to increase anti-British feelings

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Paul Revere

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Event in which colonists disguised as Indians dumped tea from the East India Tea company into the Boston Harbor in response to the Tea Act

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Boston Tea Party

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Met in response to Intolerable Acts and other unfair British actions. Agreed to continue boycotts and stop exporting raw materials, encouraged colonies to organize militias, declared support for Massachusetts, and petitioned King to repeal unfair laws

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First continental congress

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Established a way of spreading information through the colonies and the first time we see the colonies uniting together

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Committees of correspondence

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This radical group was lead by Sam Adams and John Hancock. They worked to increase anti- British feelings. Harassed and attacked tax collectors

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Sons of Liberty

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Army of ordinary citizens who served as soldiers only in a crisis and when needed

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Militia

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When one company controls all business in a certain market or industry

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Monopoly

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Legal documents that allowed British officials to search property without probable cause

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Writs of Assistance

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Signed by colonists agreeing not to buy items taxed by Townshend Acts

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Non-Importation Agreements

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Refusal to buy certain goods

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Boycott

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When ideas or information are presented in a way to persuade others to believe or do something

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Propaganda

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Effects of this event included the establishment of the Proclamation Line, the start of Britain taxing the colonies, soldiers stationed in the colonies, and England gaining the Ohio River Valley

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French and Indian War

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Effects of this act include colonists claiming violation of rights with trials without juries and “taxation without representation”

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The Sugar Act

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Effects of this act include the formation of the Stamp Act Congress and Committees of Correspondence, boycotts, Sons of Liberty organize

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Stamp Act

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Effects of this act include formation of the Daughters of Liberty, and signing of non-importation agreements

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Townshend Act

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Effects of this act include the Boston Massacre and colonists claim of violation of rights – standing armies in peacetime

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Quartering Act

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Effects of this event include the Intolerable Acts, and British belief that the colonists should be punished

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Boston Tea Party

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Effects of this act include the Boston Tea Party, continued boycotts of tea and smuggling of tea

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Tea Act

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Effects of these acts include the meeting of the first Continental Congress, and organization of militias.

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Intolerable Acts

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This event put Britain in debt which caused the British to begin taxing the colonists and raised the issue of “taxation without representation”

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French and Indian War

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Conditions of this document include Spain giving Florida to Britain, Britain gains land east of Mississippi River, Spain gains land west of Mississippi River, and France loses almost all of its land claims in North America

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Treaty of Paris

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This economic theory becomes one of the major causes of the American Revolution because the colonies felt that they were being used by Britain simply to make money

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Mercantilism

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First shots of the American Revolution

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Lexington and Concord

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Motto used by colonists in response to British taxing policies. Colonists felt that they should not be taxed by Parliament since they did not vote for representatives

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No Taxation Without Representation

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The colonists’ use of these were an effective way to force Britain to repeal some of its tax laws because English merchants pressured them to do so.

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Boycotts

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Founded Sons of Liberty, anti-British patriot leader

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Sam Adams

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Member Sons of Liberty, patriot leader, anti-British, provided funding for patriot cause

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John Hancock

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Member Sons of Liberty, anti-British, warned militia of advancing British troops at Lexington and Concord

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Paul Revere

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Military general placed in charge of Boston/Massachusetts, ordered troops to Lexington and Concord, Pro-British

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General Thomas Gage

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Anti-British member of the Daughters of Liberty who wrote plays and stories making fun of British

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Mercy Otis Warren

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Encouraged Parliament to – tax colonists, restrict colonists rights, Intolerable Acts, and ordered military to occupy American colonies. Pro-British

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King George III

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Sent to build Fort Necessity because the French had built forts on land claimed by Virginia

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George Washington

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The French wanted this land area and begin to build forts to protect their growing fur trade

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Ohio River Valley

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Ben Franklins plan that called for the colonies to unite and work together during the French and Indian War

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Albany Plan of Union

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