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Chapter 5 Sections 1-3

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    Limits on Freedom: Boston, The War begins
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  • Why did King George III try to limit contact between the citizens of the British colonies and Native Americans?
    to keep peace on the frontier
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  • Why did some colonists object to the Proclamation of 1763?
    They thought the king was restricting their freedom to expand westward.
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  • What was Prime Minister George Grenville's policy toward the colonies?
    Britain should tax colonies directly to raise money to pay for the war debt
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  • Why did Virginia and other colonies claim the sole right to tax their inhabitants?
    because colonists had representation only in their colonial assemblies
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  • How did the Currency Act contribute to colonial anger over the Stamp Tax?
    The Currency Act made it illegal to use anything but British coins. The Stamp Act said that taxes be paid in those rare coins—and threatened seizure of goods.
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  • What methods did some merchants in the English colonies probably use to get around the Sugar Act, the Currency Act, and the Stamp Act?
    Merchants in the colonies may have smuggled or hidden their goods, falsified their tax documents, bartered for goods, or tried to use illegal colonial money.
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  • What do you call a military force made up of local citizens to help protect their town, land, or nation
    militia
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  • What was the Proclamation of 1763?
    a law requiring colonists to stay east of a line drawn on a map along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains
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  • What was the Quartering Act?
    one of several British laws that required American colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers stationed in North America
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  • What is income or money that is received called?
    revenue
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  • What is the Sugar Act?
    the British law that lowered the duty on molasses to cut out smuggling, so that the British would get the revenue
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  • What is a duty?
    a tax on imports
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  • What was the British law that regulated paper money in the American colonies called?
    The Currency Act
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  • What is a grievance?
    an objection or reason to complain
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  • What is unjust rule by an absolute ruler called?
    tyranny
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  • What was the British law requiring colonists to purchase a stamp for official documents and published papers called?
    The Stamp Act
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