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| French and Indian War | war between the British and the French over claim to land in America; the British defeated both the French and the Indians in 1763 |
| Treaty of Paris | agreement reached by the British and French in 1763 that officially ended the French and Indian War |
| Proclamation of 1763 | official announcement from the British government that ended all settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| quartering | housing and feeding |
| Stamp Act | law passed in 1765 by British Parliament that forced people to pay tax on items such as newspapers and legal documents |
| boycott | refusal to buy goods or have dealings with a country, usually to express dissaproval or force acceptance of certain conditions |
| Townshend Act | laws passed by British Parliament that placed import taxes on tea, paper, glass, and paint |
| Committees of Correspondence | organized network for passing along news of British activity to the colonies |
| Intolerable Acts | laws passed by England in 1774 to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party |
| First Continental Congress | the first meeting of representatives from every colony, except Georgia, in September 1774 to discuss common concerns |
| militia | group of civilians declared by law to be called to military service and trained as soldiers to fight in emergencies |
| minutemen | militia volunteers who could be ready to fight at a moment's notice during the American Revolution |
| Second Continental Congress | the second meeting of all thirteen colonies in May 1775, to appoint a military leader and raise an army |
