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| indentured servant | immigrants in colonial times who sign a written agreement to work for a period of time in exchange for travel to America. |
| Bacon's Rebellion (1676) | The Virginia colony rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon against the governor to protest farmer's complaints against the people who ran Jamestown. |
| Navigation Acts | British laws which restricted trade between England and its colonies. |
| proprietor | English individuals or groups awarded land in exchange for having colonists live there. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | The British government's attempt to prevent problems between the Native Americans and the colonists by establishing a western boundary line for the colonist. |
| Stamp Act 1765 | A law passed to collect taxes from the colonist to support their army. |
| Quartering Act | A law which required colonial local governments to provide housing, travel, and food for the British soldiers. |
| Coercive (Intolerable) Acts | Four laws created to punish and discipline the state of Mass. as a consequence of the Boston Tea Party. |
| Townshend Acts (1767) | Laws to collect taxes on colonial imports. |
| Common Sense | Thomas Paine's pamphlet pleading for American independence. |
| Continental Congress, First and Second | First-the colonies came together to make their complaint/defense against Britain. Second- the colonies declared independence from Britain. |
