PLUTH - Revolution Vocab

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Proclamation of 1763

banned all colonial settlement West of the Applachains.

<p>banned all colonial settlement West of the Applachains.</p>
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Salutary Neglect

the practice of not enforcing laws that prevented the colonies from trading with foreign countries.

<p>the practice of not enforcing laws that prevented the colonies from trading with foreign countries.</p>
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Sugar Act

It enforced a tax on molasses as well as tightening up the monitoring off all trade

<p>It enforced a tax on molasses as well as tightening up the monitoring off all trade</p>
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Stamp Act

(1765) required all colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, newspaper & pamphlet including playing cards and dice.

<p>(1765) required all colonists to purchase special stamped paper for every legal document, newspaper &amp; pamphlet including playing cards and dice.</p>
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Townshend Acts

taxes that were placed on glass, lead, paint, paper and Tea

<p>taxes that were placed on glass, lead, paint, paper and Tea</p>
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Intolerable Acts

(direct response to the Boston Tea Party) shut down the Boston harbor, erected a quartering act(forcing people to house and care for British soldiers) and declared martial law( eliminating home rule)

<p>(direct response to the Boston Tea Party) shut down the Boston harbor, erected a quartering act(forcing people to house and care for British soldiers) and declared martial law( eliminating home rule)</p>
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Patriots

colonists who supported
independence.

<p>colonists who supported <br>independence.</p>
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Loyalists

people who stayed loyal to Great Britain and opposed independence.

<p>people who stayed loyal to Great Britain and opposed independence.</p>
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Boston Masscare

a protest event that turned violent with British soldiers firing on the crowd

<p>a protest event that turned violent with British soldiers firing on the crowd</p>
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Boston Tea Party

when colonial leaders dressed like Native Americans and dumped the now taxed British Tea into Boston Harbor

<p>when colonial leaders dressed like Native Americans and dumped the now taxed British Tea into Boston Harbor</p>
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Thomas Paine

was an English American whose "Common Sense" and other writings influenced the American Revolution,

<p>was an English American whose "Common Sense" and other writings influenced the American Revolution,</p>
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Common Sense

a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.

<p>a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775-76 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies.</p>
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King George III

King of England during the Revolutionary War

<p>King of England during the Revolutionary War</p>
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Thomas Jefferson

Virginia delegate of the Continetal Congress who authored the Declaration of Independence

<p>Virginia delegate of the Continetal Congress who authored the Declaration of Independence</p>
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John Adams

the lawyer who defended the British soldiers if the Boston Massacre; and a Massachusetts delegate of the Continental Congress, who assisted in writing the Declaration of Independence.

<p>the lawyer who defended the British soldiers if the Boston Massacre; and a Massachusetts delegate of the Continental Congress, who assisted in writing the Declaration of Independence.</p>