Definitions from the vocabulary of chapter 6 from the "Out of Many" AP United States History textbook
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| 1610995467 | Benjamin Franklin's plan of union | plan put forward in 1754 calling for an intercolonial union to manage defense and Indian affairs, the plan was rejected by participants at the Albany Congress | 0 | |
| 1610995468 | french and indian war | the last of the Anglo-French colonial wars (1754-1763) and the first in which fighting began in North America, the war ended with France's defeat | 1 | |
| 1610995469 | treaty of paris | the formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain in february 1763 | 2 | |
| 1610995470 | royal proclamation of 1763 | royal proclamation setting the boundary known as the proclamation line | 3 | |
| 1610995471 | whigs | the name used by advocates of colonial resistance to British measures during the 1760s and 1770s | 4 | |
| 1610995472 | republicanism | a complex, changing body of ideas, values, and assumptions, closely related to country ideology, that influenced American political behavior during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries | 5 | |
| 1610995473 | sugar act | law passed in 1764 to raise revenue in the American colonies, it lowered the duty from 6 pence to 3 pence per gallon on foreign molasses imported into the colonies and increased the restrictions on colonial commerce | 6 | |
| 1610995474 | stamp act | law passed by Parliament in 1765 to raise revenue in America by requiring taxed, stamped paper for legal documents, publications, and playing cards | 7 | |
| 1610995475 | virtual representation | the notion that parliamentary members represented the interests of the nation as a whole, not those of the particular district that elected them | 8 | |
| 1610995476 | actual representation | the practice whereby elected representatives normally reside in their districts and are directly responsive to local interests | 9 | |
| 1610995477 | nonimportation movement | a tactical means of putting economic pressure on Britain by refusing to buy its exports to the colonies | 10 | |
| 1610995478 | declaratory act | law passed in 1776 to accompany repeal of the Stamp Act that stated that Parliament had the authority to legislate for the colonies in all cases whatsoever | 11 | |
| 1610995479 | Townshend revenue acts | acts of Parliament, passed in 1767, imposing duties on colonial tea, lead, paint, paper, and glass | 12 | |
| 1610995480 | sons of liberty | secret organizations in the colonies formed to oppose the Stamp Act | 13 | |
| 1610995481 | boston massacre | after months of increasing friction between townspeople and the British troops stationed in the city, on March 5, 1770, British troops fired on American civilians in Boston | 14 | |
| 1610995482 | tea act of 1773 | act of Parliament that permitted the East India Company to sell through agents in America without paying the duty customarily collected in Britain, thus reducing the retail price | 15 | |
| 1610995483 | boston tea party | incident that occurred on December 16, 1773, in which Bostonians, disguised as Indians, destroyed tea belonging to the British East India Company in order to prevent payment of the duty on it | 16 | |
| 1610995484 | coercive acts | legislation passed by Parliament in 1774; included the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act of 1774 | 17 | |
| 1610995485 | quartering act | Acts of Parliament requiring colonial legislatures to provide supplies and quarters for the troops stationed in America | 18 | |
| 1610995486 | quebec act | law passed by Parliament in 1774 that provided an appointed government for Canada, enlarged the boundaries of Quebec, and confirmed the privileges of the Catholic Church | 19 | |
| 1610995487 | committees of correspondence | committees formed in Massachusetts and other colonies in the pre-Revolutionary period to keep Americans informed about British measures that would affect the colonies | 20 | |
| 1610995488 | first continental congress | meeting of delegates from most of the colonies held in 1774 in response to the Coercive Acts | 21 | |
| 1610995489 | committee of safety | any of the extralegal committees that directed the revolutionary movement and carried on the functions of government at the local level | 22 | |
| 1610995490 | minutemen | special companies of militia formed in Massachusetts and elsewhere beginning in late 1744 | 23 | |
| 1610995491 | declaration of independence | the document by which the Second Continental Congress announced and justified its decision to renounce the colonies' allegiance to the British government | 24 |
