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5th SS TCI Ch 10
Ch 10 Vocab Tensions Grow Between the Colonies and Great Britain
Question | Answer |
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act | a law |
boycotted | to protest by refusing to use or buy a good or service |
delegate | a person who represents others at a convention or conference |
First Continental Congress | the meeting of delegates from 12 colonies, held to present complaints to King George III, to set up a boycott of British goods, and to arrange a second meeting if needed |
imported | to bring into a country, especially for sale |
massacre | the murder of several or many people who cannot defend themselves |
Parliament | the lawmaking part of the British government, similar to the Congress in the United States |
proclamation | an official public announcement |
protest | an action that shows disapproval or objection to something |
repealed | to cancel, or undo, a law |
taxation without representation | the colonists were being taxed without having representatives in the British Parliament |