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American Revolution
Vocabulary Part 1
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7th Grade
11/30/2010

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Treaty of Paris (1763)
Definition
Brought an end to the French and Indian War
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Sugar Act
Definition
Tax on Molasses
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Boston Tea Party
Definition
Members of the Sons of Liberty snuck aboard British trade ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor
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Tea Act
Definition
Allowed British East India Co. to bypass colonial merchants and sell tea directly to the colonists.
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Boston Massacre
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a protest in Boston turned deadly when 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers
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repeal
Definition
Cancel ex. to cancel many of the hated taxes
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Stamp Act
Definition
tax on newspapers, wills, diplomas, playing cards,dice and marriage papers
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boycotting
Definition
to refuse to buy goods and services
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petitions
Definition
paper to sign by a group of people to show displeasure
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Townshend Acts
Definition
taxed items such as paint, lead, glass and tea
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Committees of Correspondence
Definition
used to spread the news of British wrongdoings colonists
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militia
Definition
amateur army of local farmers and shop keepers
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Intolerable Acts
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set up by Parliament to punish Boston for the Tea Party
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French and Indian War
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nearly doubled England's national debt causing England to tax the colonies
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
Definition
This was when the "shot heard round the world" was fired
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