American Revolution Vocabulary

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Boycott

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refusal to buy something as a form of protest

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Proclamation of 1763

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law prohibiting colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains; colonists ignored

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Taxation

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process of collecting money from citizens in order to find government expenses

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Consent of the governed

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belief that British should have colonists’ permission to pass taxes; main reason for revolution

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Grievance

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a complaint; one complaint was “no taxation without representation”

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Intolerable acts

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British response to Boston Tea Part; colonists formed 1st continental congress

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Civil disobedience

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refusal to obey laws as a form of protest

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Political revolution

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changing from one governmental structure to another

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Declaration of independence

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list of grievances against KG3; right to create new gov’t; written by Thomas Jefferson

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unalienable rights

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rights all people have at birth; life, liberty, pursuit of happiness