Chapter 10
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A law created or
passed by a
government. For
example, the Stamp
Act was a law that
was passed by the
British Parliament.
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Forcing people to pay
taxes when they have
had no say in making
the law that created the
tax.
American colonist were
angry about paying
taxes that were passed
by the British
Parliament, where they
had no representatives
to present their views.
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To object in a public
way to something that
on believes is wrong
or unfair.
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The war between the
French and British.
Each was helped by
different Indian
tribes.
France lost the war
and gave up its land
in Canada to Great
Britain.
The war gave Great
Britain more land, but
it created problems
with debt for Great
Britain.
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proclamation- an official
public announcement.
An order issued by the
British government that
declared the area west of
the Appalachian
mountain range off-limits
to settlement by American
colonists. The area was
reserved instead for use
by Indians t is issued after
the French and Indian
War in an attempt to ease
the fears of the Native
Americans.
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A law passed by the
British Parliament in
1765 that required
American colonists to
allow British soldiers
to stay in their homes.
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The lawmaking part
of the British
government, similar
to the Congress in the
United States.
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A law passed by Parliament
in 1765 that required all
printed materials sold in the
colonies to carry a tax
stamp.
The stamps had to be put on
newspapers, legal
documents, and even
playing cards.
Money raised by the Stamp
Act was to be used to help
pay the cost of defending the
colonies. But colonists were
angered because the taxes
were placed on them without
the consent of their own
colonial assemblies.
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A person who
represents others at a
convention or
conference.
Delegates to the United Nations
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To cancel, or undo, a
law.
The repealing of the Stamp Act
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To bring into a
country, especially for
sale.
Boston Harbor
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The term used by angry
colonists for a clash with
British troops in 1770 that
left five colonists dead.
A group of some 50
colonists was taunting the
soldiers and throwing
snowballs when shooting
broke out. The British
blamed the incident on the
American colonists.
Colonists eager to push
for a break with England
called it the Boston
Massacre and made it a
symbol of their cause.
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The murder of several
or many people who
cannot defend
themselves.
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The raid by colonists on
British ships carrying tea
to Boston in December
1773.
They dressed up as
Indians went on board the
ships, and dumped the tea
chests into the water.
The colonists were angry
because the tea carried a
small tax passed by the
British Parliament, but not
by the colonial
assemblies.
It appeared to be a direct
challenge to the colonists’
right to vote on their own
taxes.
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To protest by refusing
to use or buy a good
or service.
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Also known as the
Coercive Acts; a series
of British measures
passed in 1774 and
designed to punish the
Massachusetts colonists
for the Boston Tea
Party.
For example, one of the
laws closed the port of
Boston until the
colonists paid for the
tea that they had
destroyed.
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A meeting of
delegates from 12
colonies, held to
present complaints to
King George III, to set
up a boycott of British
goods, and to arrange
a second meeting if
needed.