| A | B |
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| Stamp Act | required that colonists pay for an official seal when they bought paper items; to pay off war debt |
| Townshend Acts | placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, tea; lead to boycotts |
| Committees of Correspondence | each group got in touch will other towns and colonies; shared ideas about British laws and how to challenge them |
| Mayflower Compact | signed in November 1620; a leagal contract and 1st attempt to self-govern in English colonies |
| boycott | to not purchase a product in order to make a point |
| Headright System | started by London Company to encourage people to come to new world; for every passenger paid, you would earn 50 acres of land |
| staple crops | crops that are always needed; wheat, barley, oats |
| slave codes | laws used to control slaves |
| indentured servants | people who signed a contract to work for 4-7 years in exchange for a paid journey to the new world |
| Enlightenment | movement that spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society; focused on scientific advancements |
| Toleration Act of 1649 | made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians |
| Great Migration | people left England because of political, economic and religious problems (1629-1640) |
| Great Awakening | religious movement that changed colonial religion, social and political life (1730s-40s) |
| English Bill of Rights 1689 | after Parliament replaced King James II, they established laws that reduced the powers of the King of England |
| Bacon's Rebellion | the attack on a local Native American village and burning of Jamestown |
| Boston Massacre | event that ended with shots being fired into a crowd of colonists and later the death of 5 colonists |
| Daughters of Liberty | focused on getting women to boycott goods that were being taxed by Britain |
