Lesson 2.5: Anti-British Sentiments

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Loyalists

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American colonists who remained loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolutionary War.

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Patriots

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Colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution and declared the United States of America as an independent nation.

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Proclamation of 1763

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A proclamation issued by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.

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Seven Years’ War

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A global conflict fought between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time, which affected Europe, the Americas, West Africa, India, and the Philippines.

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Salutary neglect

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An unofficial British policy of non-enforcement of trade regulations on their American colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries.

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Stamp Act of 1765

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An act of the British Parliament that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.

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Navigation Acts

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A series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies, which began in 1651.

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Debts

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Financial obligations incurred by the British government, particularly as a result of the Seven Years' War, which led to increased taxation in the colonies.

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Currency Act of 1764

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An act passed by the British Parliament that regulated paper money issued by the colonies of British America, seeking to protect British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency.