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| 4442459234 | Revenue Act of 1762 | 1762: Tightened collection of trade duties that merchants had evaded through bribery | 0 | |
| 4442459235 | Proclamation Line of 1763 | order by the British king that closed the region west of the App Mountains to all settlement by colonists | 1 | |
| 4442459236 | Excise levies | sales tax on luxury items | 2 | |
| 4442459237 | George Grenville | British prime minister who decided the colonists should help with the taxes | 3 | |
| 4442459238 | Currency Act 1764 | forbade colonists from printing their own money, required them to use gold and silver. | 4 | |
| 4442459239 | Sugar Act of 1764 | replaced the ineffective molasses act of 1733, actually reduced the duties on imported sugar, but the British made a concerted effort to enforce the act and punish smugglers | 5 | |
| 4442459240 | Admiralty Courts | in British law, special administrative courts designed to handle maritime cases without a jury. | 6 | |
| 4442459241 | Stamp Act | A means of raising revenue in the colonies, and was passed by Parliament. It stated that all legal documents, contracts, licenses, pamphlets, and newspapers must carry a notification that it had been taxed. It angered the colonists greatly, and led to the creation of a colonial Congress in protest. | 7 | |
| 4442459242 | Virtual Representation | British governmental theory that Parliament spoke for all British subjects, including Americans, even if they did not vote for its members | 8 | |
| 4442459243 | Quartering Act | Act which required colonies to provide food and lodging for British troops | 9 | |
| 4442459244 | Patrick Henry | Outspoken member of House of Burgesses; inspired colonial patriotism with "Give me liberty or give me death" speech | 10 | |
| 4442459245 | James Otis | A colonial lawyer who defended (usually for free) colonial merchants who were accused of smuggling. Argued against the writs of assistance and the Stamp Act. | 11 | |
| 4442459246 | Stamp Act Congress | A meeting of delegations from many of the colonies, the congress was formed to protest the newly passed Stamp Act in 1765. It adopted a declaration of rights as well as sent letters of complaints to the king and parliament; the first sign of colonial unity and organized resistance. | 12 | |
| 4442459247 | Sons of Liberty | Secret societies formed to protest new taxes passed by Parliament. Led the Boston Tea Party and threatened tax collectors. | 13 | |
| 4442459248 | Common Law | a system of law based on precedent and customs | 14 | |
| 4442459249 | Natural Rights | the idea that all humans are born with rights, which include the right to life, liberty, and property | 15 | |
| 4442459250 | Separation of powers | a principle of govt. whereby constitutional authority is shared by 3 separate branches of govt. | 16 | |
| 4442459251 | Declaratory Act of 1766 | Reaffirmed Parliaments right to "bind" the colonies in all cases whatsoever. The British would not yield absolute sovereignty over the North American colonies. | 17 | |
| 4442459252 | Townsend Act | Act which places a tax on everyday items. Was later repealed except for its portion on tea. | 18 | |
| 4442459253 | Restraining Act | suspended the New York Assembly until it submitted to the Quartering Act. And it declared that New York's assembly and all other representative bodies were completely dependent on the will or Parliament | 19 | |
| 4442459254 | Daughters of liberty | An organization formed by women prior to the American Revolution They got together to protest treatment of the colonies by their British Rulers | 20 | |
| 4442459255 | Non-importation | The act of not importing or using certain goods. | 21 | |
| 4442459256 | Lord North | Prime minister of Britain during the American Revolution | 22 | |
| 4442459257 | Committee of Correspondence | colonial organization organized in 1770 to spread news of Great Britain's actions and acts throughout the colonies | 23 | |
| 4442459258 | Tea Act | Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies - undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party | 24 | |
| 4442459259 | Dartmouth | Name of the ship that arrived in Boston Harbor with tea from the East Indian Tea Company | 25 | |
| 4442459260 | Coercive Act | a law passed by the British Parliament in response to the Boston Tea Party which called for the blocked of Boston Harbor until the lost tea was repaid by the colonists | 26 | |
| 4442459261 | Quebec Act | Passed in 1774 by the British Parliament, it extended political and legal concessions to the inhabitants of Quebec and granted them religious freedom. | 27 | |
| 4442459262 | First Continental Congress | September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts which included nonimportation and nonconsumption agreements and vowing to cut off colonial exports | 28 | |
| 4442459263 | Committees of Safety & Inspection | created by the First Continental Congress to monitor and support the boycott of British goods. | 29 | |
| 4442459264 | Loyalists | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence | 30 | |
| 4442459265 | Middlesex County Congress | illegal convention that advised Patriots to close the royal courts of justice and transfer their political allegiance to the popularity elected House of Representatives | 31 | |
| 4442459266 | Minutemen | Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds | 32 | |
| 4442459267 | Lord Dartmouth | the colonial secretary who proclaimed the colonies to be in a state of "open rebellion". He ordered General Gage to march against the colonies. | 33 | |
| 4442459268 | Lexington and Concord | town in eastern Massachusetts near Boston where the first battle of the American Revolution was fought April 15, 1775 | 34 | |
| 4442459269 | Gaspee | Patriots board and burn this British revenue cutter after it ran aground off Providence, Rhode Island. | 35 |
