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| To pay for debt caused by French and Indian War |
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| Appalachian mountains was to be the western border of the colonies- passed following the French and Indian War |
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| house, feed and clothe soldiers (same soldiers stationed on Appalachian Mountains to enforce Proclamation and keep peace with the Native Americans) Most troops in NY |
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| Parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies |
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| required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid. Ex: diploma, contracts, wills, newspapers |
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| a tax on sugar and molasses. Called for strict enforcement and harsh punishment for smugglers |
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| general search warrants- search your ship, house etc. |
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| overt protests- staged protests against the acts |
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| quiet protests- behind the scenes |
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| taxes on lead, paint, paper, glass and tea imported by colonists. In addition, the New York legislature was suspended until it agreed to quarter British soldiers. |
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| incident in the city of Boston where Redcoats were being teased outside of a Boston Customs office. Someone yelled, “Fire” and 5 colonists were killed including Crispus Attucks- a former slave turned sailor |
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granted a monopoly on tea trade in the Americas to the British East India Tea Company |
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| On the evening of December 16th, thousands of Bostonians and farmers from the surrounding countryside packed into the Old South Meeting house to hear Samuel Adams. Adams denounced the Governor for denying clearance for vessels wishing to leave with tea still on board. After his speech the crowd headed for the waterfront, dressed as Indians. . and threw 90,000 pounds of tea overboard. |
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•Close the port of Boston
•Housing more British troops
•Criminals tried in England |
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| First Continental Congress |
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•September 1774
•Delegates from all colonies except Georgia
–Ban all trade with Britain until Intolerable Acts repealed |
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| Rebel, loyal to the revolutionary cause- opposing Britain, proposing Independence towards the end |
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| Loyal to Great Britain, against the Patriot cause |
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| Someone during colonial times that did not take one side or another. |
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| French and Indian War as a cause of the Revolution |
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It caused Britian to go into debt,
Proclamation of 1763 was passed to restrict Colonial movement west to prevent further arguments with Native Americans.
Britain began taxing colonists to pay off the debt. |
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| The Stamp Act caused protests and boycotts then it was eventually was repealed. |
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| Stamp Act Boycott ended when the Stamp Act was repealed |
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| Parliament passing the Intolerable Acts caused |
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| First Continental Congress to ban trade and organize militias to get ready to fight. |
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| know definitions of customs, tax, duty, Parliament and tariff- |
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| The act of not enforcing a law/rule and then all of a sudden enforcing it with great force. One of the major reasons Great Britain had trouble controlling the colonies. They did not enforce many laws they had passed during colonial times until after the French and Indian War. |
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| General search warrants the British used to search homes, ships and crates. |
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