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British law requiring colonist to house Soldiers
Quartering act
A document declaring U.S independence from Great britain, adopting July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence
A group of leaders of the American colonies who met to address the problem of the british tyranny, declare independence in 1776, and lead the American revolution
Second Continental Congress
A legal document giving the authorities the right to enter and search a home or business
Writ of Assistance
the 1774 meeting of representatives from all American colonies to decide on a response to intolerance Acts
First Continental Congress
the british law that lowered the duty on molasses to cut out smuggling so that the british would get more revenue
Sugar Act
smooth slopped hill made up of glacial sediment
Drumlin
the physical features of the land
Terrain
a set of british laws that place duties on tea, glass, lead, and paint: required colonist to purchase from Britain
Townshend Acts
the british law passed to punish the people of the boston tea party; Also called the Coercive Acts
Intolerable Acts
income; money that is received
Revenue
Human made land modifications
Earthwork
A right that cannot be taken away
Unalienable Right
The british law stating only the East India Company was allowed to sell tea to the american colonist
Tea Act
An american Colonist who supported Britain during the American Revolution
Loyalist
an objective or reason to complain
Grievance
the study of the process that shaped earths rocks and landforms
Geology
to cancel or nullify , especially a law
Repeal
in the evolutionary era, a group of colonist whose duty was to spread news about protest against the british
Committee of Correspondence
An American colonial militia member who was ready to join in combat at a moments notice
Minutemen
the british law that regulated paper money in the American Colonies
Currency Act
German soldiers hired by the British to fight during American Revolution
Hessian
he group of merchants, shopkeepers, and craftsman who successfully opposed the Stamp Act by establishing networks to boycott british goods
Sons of Liberty
he 1773 incident in which the Sons of liberty boarded british ships and dumped their cargo in protest of british taxes on the colonists
Boston Tea Party
an american colonist who supported the right of the American colonies to govern them self
Patriot