Definitely Definitions
proclamation
a public announcement
Bob gives the Red Toy Truck to Ned because he had it first. Colin throws a fit
Britain gives land to the NAs in the Proclamation of 1763
Soldiers are forced into the homes of the colonists
Tax on sugar and other goods from the West Indies
Sugar Act
________ - Declaration of 1763
French & Indian War
a signed request made to an official person
petition
Colin decides to dump goo onto Bob to be a silly billy
Sons of Liberty tar-and-feather tax collectors
Tax on paper, tea, glass, paint…
colonists boycott British goods by not making tea, not painting their homes, and making their own clothes
Tax on all kinds of paper goods
Stamp Act
__________ - Boston Tea Party
Tea Act
to cancel or undo a law
repeal
Bob makes Colin host Sam for a sleepover even though Colin doesn't want to have one
Quartering Act - Colonists had to host soldiers against their will
Britain closed Boston Harbor; colonial legislature could not make laws (Boston Tea Party)
United colonists against Britain
allowed one company to sell tea at a lower price
Tea Act
Intolerable Acts - _______________ - Battles of Lexington & Concord
1st Continental Congress
treason
the act of working against one’s own government
Bob put Colin on timeout after Colin decided to dump out all the milk onto the floor
Boston Tea Party blockade
The colonists begin discussing the idea of going to war.
Britain closed Boston Harbor; colonial legislature could not make laws
Intolerable Acts
______________ - Intolerable Acts
Boston Tea Party
monopoly
the complete control of a product or good by a person or group
Colin refuses to play with the toys Bob gave him.
Colonists boycott British goods
The East India company has a monopoly on tea (Tea Act)
Merchants are sad because no one will buy tea from them anymore
representatives from colonies meet & decide to boycott British goods
1st Continental Congress
Stamp Act - ________________ - Boston Massacre
Townshend Act