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Pontiacs War | War waged by Chief Pontiac on British settlers |
Proclamation of 1763 | A law issued to prevent colonist from settling on Indian lands |
Stamp Act | a tax placed on legal docs, almanacs, playing cards and dice |
petition | is a formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people |
boycott | means to refuse to buy certain goods and services |
repeal | to cancel |
Townshend Act | tax on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea |
Writ of Assistance | a legal document giving officials the right to inspect a ships cargo without a reason |
Boston Massacre | A clash between British Soldiers and colonists ending in 5 colonist being killed |
committee of correspondence | A committee of colonists that regularly wrote lettes and pamphlets reporting to the events that happen in Massechusetts to other colonies |
Tea Act | The Act that let the British East India Company bypass the tea merchants and sell directly to colonists |
Boston Tea Party | when colonists dressed as Indians and dumped a cargo ship of tea into the harbor as a retaliation to the British government |