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Lesson 2 Part 2
The American Revolution - Part 2
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10th Grade
08/31/2011

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French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
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war from 1756 to 1763 between France and Great Britain for supremacy in North America
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Proclamation of 1763
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British statement that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Writs of Assistance
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court orders authorizing British troops to search for smuggled goods during colonial times
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favorable balance of trade
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value of exports is higher than the value of imports
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Stamp Act
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British law placing a tax on printed colonial matter
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Sons of Liberty
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colonial group that opposed the Stamp Act and advocated independence
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Stamp Act Congress
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colonial legislature that opposed the Stamp Act
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Declaratory Act
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British Act of Parliament declaring its right to tax and legislate over the colonies, 1766
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Quartering Act
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British 1760s law requiring colonists to supply the basic needs of British soldiers
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Boston Massacre
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violent confrontation between British troops and colonists, 1770
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Committees of correspondence
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groups organized by the Sons of Liberty to write pieces in support of independence from Great Britain
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Boston Tea Party
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protest by the Sons of Liberty against the British, 1773
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Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
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British laws in response to the Boston Tea Party
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Common Sense
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influential 1776 pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, that called for independence from Great Britain
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Albany Plan of Union
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earliest (1754) plan to unify the colonies, spearheaded by Benjamin Franklin
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Declaration of Independence
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document from 1776 explaining why the American colonies were separating from Great Britain
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Parliament
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another word for a legislature
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