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| apprentice | someone who learns a particular skill or trade from a master craftsman. |
| Puritans | A group of people who had broken away from the Church of England because of religious differences. |
| proprietary colony | A colony governed by a board of trustees. |
| royal colony | A colony governed by the king. |
| parish | A church and a British government district. |
| French and Indian War | Resulted from disputes between France and Great Britain that ended in 1763. |
| palisades | Fences made of sharpened stakes. |
| cracker | A group of what plantation owners called "undesirable people" who moved from Virginia and the Carolinas to the middle and western parts of the Georgia colony. |
| independence | Political or economic freedom from Great Britain. |
| Tories | Colonists who were loyal to the British Crown and king; also called Loyalists or king's friends. |
| Patriots | Colonists who wanted independence from Great Britain; also called Whigs, Liberty Boys, Colonial Sons and Daughters of Liberty. |
| boycott | A protest in which people refuse to buy certain items until specific conditions are met. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | An order issued by King George 111 that moved Georgia's southern boundary to the St. Mary's River; it also forbade the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Sugar Act | Legislation passed by Parliament in 1764 that imposed a tax on sugar and molasses imported from the West Indies. |
| Stamp Act | Legislation passed by Parliament in 1765 that imposed a tax on newspapers, legal documents, and licenses. |
| Liberty Boys | A group of Georgians who opposed the Stamp Act; part of the larger Sons of Liberty. |
| Townshend Acts | A series of laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that placed import taxes on tea, paper, glass, and coloring for paints. |
| Quartering Acts | Legislation passed by the British Parliament that required the colonists to house and feed British soldiers at their own expense; part of the Intolerable Acts. |
| 2nd Continental Congress | A meeting of the colonists in 1775 to discuss the increasing tensions between the British Crown and the colonists; eventually the delegates issued the Declaration of Independence. |
| Declaration of Independence | A document issued by the 2nd Continental Congress by which the delegates stated their intention to be free of British rule. |
| ratify | to approve or make valid |
| Articles of Confederation | The first constitution of the United States; ratified in 1781, it created a weak federal government and was eventually replaced. |
| siege | A military action that occurs when forces try to capture a fortified fort or town by surrounding it and preventing any supplies from reaching it. |
| Treaty of Paris | The treaty signed in 1783 by Great Britain, France, and the United States that ended the American Revolution. |
