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for american revelution(definitions from american journey)
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History
6th Grade
01/06/2009

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Revenue
Definition
incoming money
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George Grenville
Definition
Prime minister of Great Britain
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writs of assistance
Definition
law that allowed customs officer to enter any location at any time to search for smuggled goods.
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the sugar act
Definition
an act lowering the tax on molases imported by the colonists
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the stamp act
Definition
a tax placed on all printed materials
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Patrick Henry
Definition
a young member of the Virginia House of Burgesses
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resolution
Definition
a formal expression of an opinion
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Samuel Adams
Definition
Founder of the Sons of Liberty
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Sons of Liberty
Definition
group of young men who protested in the streets against the king
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Stamp Act Congress
Definition
a group that drfted a petition to arliment about how unfair it was to have taxation withot representation
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effigies
Definition
rag figures
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boycott
Definition
to refuse to buy
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nonimportation agreements
Definition
agreements where people pledged not to buy or use goods imported from Great Britain
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repeal
Definition
to cancel
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Declaratory Act
Definition
stating that parliment had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies
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Townshend Act
Definition
acts stating that only imported goods like tea,glass, paper, and lead would be taxed
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Daughters of Liberty
Definition
a group of women who boycotted British goods
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propaganda
Definition
information designed to influence opinion
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committee of correspondence
Definition
an organiztion used in protests
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Tea Act of 1773
Definition
gave the britsh east India tea company the right to eliminate most ordinary taxes so it could be sold at a low price
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Boston Tea Party
Definition
when the sons of liberty tossed tons of tea overboard 3 british ships
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coercive acts
Definition
closed Boston harbor and banning town meetings
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