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  • Explain the Proclamation of 1763
    No westward settlement past Appalachian mountains
  • What does repeal mean?
    To cancel or take back
  • What were the Writs of Assistance?
    Papers granting British soldiers the right to search the colonists’ homes to enforce acts and stop smuggling
  • Explain the Boston Massacre
    Protesters harassing Redcoats. Redcoats end up killing protesters.
  • What did enlightenment thinkers believe could happen if Government did uphold their end of a social contract?
    Citizens could take back consent to be ruled
  • Who were the Sons of Liberty?
    A group of patriots fighting against the British
  • What is a social contract with a government?
    Citizens give up certain rights for protection
  • Why did Parliament feel it was fair to tax the colonists?
    Much of its debt was earned fighting wars on the colonists’ behalf.
  • What costume did the protesters at the Boston Tea party wear?
    Native Americans
  • What were the Townshend Acts?
    taxes on items glass, paper, paint, lead and tea to raise money to pay for British Troops in colonies
  • What was the Tea Act?
    British East India Company could sell tea directly to colonists, avoiding tariffs
  • Explain the Quartering Act
    British soldiers must be housed and fed by colonists
  • What is a boycott?
    A refusal to buy goods
  • What did King George III and Parliament pass in response to the Boston Tea Party?
    Intolerable Acts
  • What did the Declaratory Act say?
    Parliament has right to rule and tax the colonies in “all cases whatsoever”
  • Explain the Stamp Act
    Every sheet of legal paper had to have a stamp proving tax was paid
  • What three rights did John Locke believe all people were entitled to?
    Life, liberty. property
  • Define Republic
    the idea that a country's leader should be chosen by the citizens in a general election.
  • Many colonists had the idea that one can only be fairly taxed if ....
    they are fairly represented
  • What is "Divine Right"
    The belief that Kings were given the power to rule from God
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