Vocabulary Practice for Road to Revolution

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Ohio River Valley

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Frontier land west of the Appalachian Mountains in the 1700's.

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Fort Loudoun

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a fort built in the Tennessee River Valley to provide protection in North American colonies

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Treaty of Paris

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a peace treaty signed in 1763 in which the French gave up all of its North American colonies

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Proclamation of 1763

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A decree by King George III forbidding colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

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Repealed

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to undo or cancel a law

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Stamp Act

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colonists had to buy a government stamp for almost every paper document; such as newspapers and legal documents.

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Sons of Liberty

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a secret patriotic society that organized protests and boycotts.

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Boycott

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the refusal to buy certain products.

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Townsend Acts

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colonists had to pay taxes on tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint; all of which they bought from Britain; imported goods

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Boston Massacre

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March 5th, 1770 a group of colonists gathered to protest taxes and the event resulted in violence; used as propaganda for the colonists.