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The proclamation of 1763
vocabulary #1
The Boston Tea Party
Declaring
independence
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Britain's King George the III 322
Who tried to end the fighting between the indians and the colonists?
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a representative
What is a delegate?
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150 members
how many members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as mohawk indians and dumped tea into the harbor?
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Thomas Paine wrote it
Who wrote Common Sense?
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the act of speaking on behalf of someone else
What is representation?
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a public announcement.322
What is a proclamation?
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a formal statement or vote of the feelings of a group of peopleabout an important topic
What is a resolution ?
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342 chests of tea
how many chests of tea did the Sons of Liberty break open?
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it was about how the colonists should rule themselves
What is Common Sense about?
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a signed request made to an official person or organization
What is petition?
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because the proclamation ordered all white settlers to leave those areas322
Why were the colonists upset?
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an official statement
What is a declarationtion?
300
the colonists did not want to pay taxes on tea.337
Why did colonists take part in the Boston Tea Party?
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Richard Henry Lee
Who called for resolution on June 7,1776
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the act of working against one's own goverment
What is treason?
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beacause it said all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains belonged to the colonists 322
Why were the colonists upset?
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the comlete control of a product or service
What is a monopoly?
400
on December ,16,1773
When did the Boston Tea Party take place?
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Thomas Jefferson did most of the writing
Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence
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to provide or pay for housing
What is a quarter?
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most colonists ignored the proclamation 322
What caused fighting to continue?
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the freedom to govern on ones own
What is independence?
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the East India company
What company could leagally sell tea to the colonies?
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17 days
How long did it take for Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence
500
a plan for spending money
What is a budget?