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| 440045779 | Navigation Laws | The set of Parliamentary laws, first passed in 1650, that restricted colonial trade and directed it to benefit Britain. | |
| 440045780 | enumerated goods | The term for products, such as tobacco, that could be shipped only to England and not to foreign markets. | |
| 440045781 | admiralty courts | Hated British courts in which juries were not allowed and defendants were assumed guilty until proven innocent. | |
| 440045782 | virtual representation | British governmental theory that Parliament spoke for all British subjects, including Americans, even if they did not vote for its members. | |
| 440045783 | nonimportation agreement | The effective form of organized colonial resistance against the Stamp Act , which made homespun clothing fashionable. | |
| 440045784 | Tea | The product taxed under the Townshed Acts that generated the greatest colonial resistance. | |
| 440045785 | Committees of Correspondence | Underground networks of communication and propaganda, established by Samuel Adams, that sustained colonial resistance and were used to spread word of any new English aggression. | |
| 440045786 | Roman Catholicism | Religion that was granted toleration in the trans-Allegheny West by the Quebec Act, arousing deep colonial hostility. | |
| 440045787 | Whigs | British poitical party opposed to Lord North's Tories and generally more sympathetic to the colonail cause. | |
| 440045788 | Hessians | German mercenaries hired by George III to fight the American revolutionaries. | |
| 440045789 | continentals | Paper currency authorized by Congress to finance the Revolution that depreciated to near worthlessness. | |
| 440045790 | The Association | Effective organization created by the First Continental Congress to provide a total, unitied boycott of all British goods. | |
| 440045791 | Minute Men | Rapidly mobilized colonial militiamen whose repusal to desperse sparked the first battle of the Revolution | |
| 440045792 | Redcoats | Popular term for British regular troops, scorned as "lobster backs" and "bloody backs" by Bostonians and other colonials. | |
| 440045793 | John Hancock | Wealthy president of the Continental Congress and "King of the Smugglers". | |
| 440045794 | George Grenville | British minister who raised a storm of protest by passing the Stamp Act. | |
| 440045795 | Stamp Act | Legislation passed in 1765 but repealed the next year, after colonial resistance made it impossible to enforce. | |
| 440045796 | Sons and Daughters of Liberty | Male and female organizations made up of a network of lawyers, merchants, tradesmen, and other townspeople organized colonial protests against British regulations. | |
| 440045797 | "Champagne Charley" Townshend | Minister whose clever attempt to impose import taxes nearly succeeded, but eventually brewed trouble for Britain. | |
| 440045798 | Cripus Attucks | Alleged leader of radical protesters killed in Boston Massacre. | |
| 440045799 | George III | Stubborn ruler, lustful for power, who promoted harsh ministers like Lord North. | |
| 440045800 | Samuel Adams | Zealous defender of the common people's rights and organizer of underground propaganda committees. | |
| 440045801 | Boston Tea Party | Event organized by disguised "Indians" to sabotage British support of a British East India Company monopoly. | |
| 440045802 | Intolerable Acts | aka Coercive Acts. Harsh measures of retaliation for a tea party, including the Boston Port Act closing that city's harbor. | |
| 440045803 | Thomas Hutchinson | British governor of Massachusetts whose stubborn policies helped provoke the Boston Tea Party. | |
| 440045804 | First Continental Congress | Body led by John Adams that issued a Declaration of Rights and organized The Association to boycott all British goods. | |
| 440045805 | Marquis de Lafayette | 19 yr old major general in the Revolutionary army. | |
| 440045806 | Baron von Steubon | Organizational genius who turned raw colonial recruits into tough professional soldiers. | |
| 440045807 | Quartering Act | Legislation that required colonists to feed and shelter British troops. | |
| 440045808 | Resolution on Reconciliation | This document, proposed by Lord North , promised any colony that would provide for its own government and defense virtual immuntiy from taxation. This plan was rejected by the colonies. | |
| 440045809 | writs of assistance | A general search warrant used by the British customs officials to hunt for smuggled goods. | |
| 440045810 | Treaty of Paris | This ended the French and Indian War and gave England all of the French territories in North America. | |
| 440045811 | Salutary Neglect | This pre-1763 British policy overlooked colonial violations fo Britain's trade laws and allowed the coloies to govern themselves. | |
| 440045812 | Albany Plan of Union | A proposal that was drafted by Ben Franklin in an attempt to bring the Iroquois into the Seven Years' War and deal with other military affairs. It presented the idea that colonial defense problems should be handled by a royally appointed president-general and a federal council of delegates chosen by the colonies. | |
| 440045813 | Letter from a Pennsylvania Farmer | written by John Dickinson; protested against the Townshend Acts and questioned the right of Parliament to levy "external" duties to raise revenue in the colonies. | |
| 440045814 | Sugar Act | 1774- First law ever passed for raising tax revenue in the colonies for the crown; increased the duty on foreign sugar imported from West Indies. |
