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Oceans/Taxes
oceans and taxes
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Social Studies
5th Grade
02/23/2016

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Salinity
Definition
The amount of salt in water
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Water Pressure
Definition
The download push of water
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Continental Shelf
Definition
The part of the ocean floor that drops gently near the land
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Continental Slope
Definition
The part of the ocean floor that slopes steeply
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Abyssal Plains
Definition
A large, flat area of the ocean floor
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Parliament
Definition
Britain's law making assembly
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Stamp Act
Definition
Law passed by Parliament in 1765 that taxed printed materials in the 13 colonies
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Repeal
Definition
to cancel
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Sons of Liberty
Definition
Groups of Patriots who worked to oppose British rule before the American Revolution
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Townshend Act
Definition
Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that taxed goods imported to the 13 colonies from Britain
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Tariff
Definition
tax on imported goods
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Boycott
Definition
Organized refusal to buy goods
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Daughter of Liberty
Definition
Groups of American women Patriots who wove cloth to replace boycotted British goods
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