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| a hypothetical plan which called for an intercolonial government; the plan was rejected because colonists were not prepared to unite |
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| French and Indian War (Seven Years' War) |
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| a war that resulted when the British tried to push the French out of North America |
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| an uprising led by Ottawa war chief Pontiac in response to the English raising the price of goods sold to Native Americans and not paying rent |
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| forbade settlement west of the Appalachians |
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| the new king in the era after the Seven Years' War |
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| forbade the colonists to issue paper money |
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| established new duties and also tried to prevent molasses smuggling |
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| a tax specifically aimed at aiming revenue; taxed all legal documents and licenses; colonial protest became more organized |
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| the theory that Parliament represented all British subjects, regardless of who they were elected by |
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| colonial protest groups that formed in response to taxes |
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| the British minister of the exchequer who dominated colonial affairs |
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| taxed goods imported from Britain, set aside payment for tax collectors, created more vice-admiralty courts, suspended NY legislature, and created writs of assistance |
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| licenses that gave the British power to search any area suspected of containing smuggled goods |
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| asserted the British government's right to tax and legislate the colonies |
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| Massachusetts Circular Letter |
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| written by Samuel Adams; a request to all other colonial assemblies to protest the new measures |
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| an incident where British soldiers fired upon a colonist mob and killed five |
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| Committees of Correspondence |
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| a method of trading ideas throughout the colonies and pass information; encouraged colonists to take part in the conflict |
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| an incident in which some members of the Sons of Liberty destroyed a huge quantity of tea, in protest to new taxes |
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| Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) |
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| in response to the Boston Tea Party; closed Boston Harbor to most trade; required civilians to house British soldiers; Massachusetts government fell under English control |
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| granted greater liberties to Catholics and extended the boundaries of the Quebec Territory, impeding westward expansion |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| a meeting of delegates from all the colonies (except Georgia) to discuss their grievances; agreed to impose a boycott on British goods |
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| committees of observation |
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| committees to enforce the boycott of British goods |
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| the first battle of the Revolutionary War, occurring when British troops marching to Concord were stopped by a colonial militia |
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| directly after the Battle of Lexington, the British were forced to retreat from a larger colonial militia at Concord |
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| colonists remaining loyal to the crown |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| convened after the battles of Lexington and Concord; established the Continental Army and chose George Washington to lead it; wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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| an effort to make peace between Britain and the colonies; largely ignored by George III |
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| an eloquent pamphlet advocating colonial independence by Thomas Paine |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| a declaration of the colonists' grievances against the Crown and states the principle of individual liberty |
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| brought the French into the war on the colonists' side after the Battle of Saratoga |
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