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Am. History
Chapter 4
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11th Grade
10/06/2008

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Duty
Definition
Import Tax
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Nonimportation agreements
Definition
Colonial promise not to buy or import British products
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Writs of Assistance
Definition
Warrants used to enforce the Townshend acts. A British officer can search any vessel, warehouse or home, under suspicion of smuggled goods.
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Neolin AKA The Delaware Prophet
Definition
Denounced European practices, and promoted traditional culture.
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Pontiac
Definition
Ottawan cheif who acted upon Neolin's message.
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Pontiac's Rebellion
Definition
1763, killed 2,000+ settlers, and ended with failure to capture Fort Detriot and Pitt.
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Proclamation of 17363
Definition
Barring settlement west of the Appalachians.
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Sons of Liberty
Definition
formed to protest the stamp act. Relied onn pamphlets, petitions, and public meetings to gather support.
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Samuel Adams
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Leader of Boston's sons of liberty. 1765 elected to Mass. House of Representatives.
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Declatory Act 1766
Definition
British Parliament had the right to impose any laws on the Americans.
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Townshend Acts 1767
Definition
Places import taxes on;
tea, lead, glass, and dyes.
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Quartering Act 1765
Definition
Provide money to house and supply stations British officers
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Women protested by...
Definition
Not drinking tea and weaving own cloth.
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The Boston Massacre
Definition
March 5, 1770.
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Committe of Corresppondence
Definition
Purpose is of keeping Mass. informed about Britian's perversion of colonial rights.
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Intolerable acts 1774
Definition
1) Closed Port of Boston
2) Revoked the Mass. Charter.
3) Royal Officials attended court outside of Mass.
4) Quartering Act
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