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American Revolution
Vocabulary for Test on Friday 1/18/2013
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Social Studies
7th Grade
01/16/2013

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Main participants of French and Indian War
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France and England
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Intolerable Acts
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Punished colonists for Boston Tea Party.
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British Navigation Acts
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had colonies send goods only to England
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Quartering Acts
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Colonists had to provide housing for British soldiers
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Townshend Acts of 1767
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Taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea impoted in to the colonies.
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Taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea impoted in to the colonies.
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The start of democracy
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The Stamp Act
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Colonists had to pay a tax on public documents.
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The Proclamation of 1763
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Prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
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John Adams
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Defended the British soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre.
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Boston Massacre
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Took place in 1770.  5 Americans colonists were attacked by British soldiers
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Sons of Liberty
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Participated in Boston Tea Party to protest Tea Act.
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Non-importation agreements
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promised not to import British goods until the Stamp Act was repealed.
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loyalists
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colonists that were loyal to England and the king
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primary source
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personal account or experience
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