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| King George III | King of Great Britain leading up to and during the American Revolution |
| Navigation Acts | series of laws passed by the English Parliament in the 1650s that regulated trade between England and its colonies |
| Enumerated Articles | goods which the colonists, under British law, could only sell to Great Britain. |
| Pontiac’s War | conflict between Native Americans and the British over settlement of Indian lands in the Great Lakes region |
| Proclamation of 1763 | law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian mountains |
| Sugar Act 1764 | a law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies; also called for harsh punishment of smugglers |
| Stamp Act 1765 | a 1765 law that placed new duties on legal documents and taxed newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice |
| Non-Importation Agreements | agreements made by merchants in the colonies not to import British goods |
| Stamp Act Congress | meeting called to organize the colonies resistance to the Stamp Act passed by the British Parliament |
| Petition | formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people |
| Parliament | representative assembly in England, similar to our Congress |
| Boycott | refusal to buy certain goods and services |
| Repeal | cancel |
| Magna Carta | a British document that contains two basic ideas: Monarchs themselves have to obey the laws, and citizens have basic rights |
| English Bill of Rights | document that guaranteed the rights of English citizens |
| “No taxation without representation” | Patrick Henry to the Virginia House of Burgesses protesting the Great Britain taxing the colonies even though the colonies had no representation in parliament |
