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Chapter 6 Section 1 Vocabulary
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History
8th Grade
11/05/2012

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King George lll
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British monarch who reigned during the American Revolution
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Quartering Act
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act requiring the colonists to quarter, or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies
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Surger Act
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law placing a tax on suger, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies
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Stamp Act
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law requiring all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid
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Patrick Henry
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member of Virginia's House of Burgesses
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Sons of Liberty
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secret society formed to oppose British policies
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speculate
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to buy as an investment
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boycott
Definition
refusal to buy
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Proclamation of 1763
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British proclamation that forbade the colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
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