Unit 1B 13-23 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Jamestown | 1st permanent settlement in the Americas; they established the first representative democracy in America (the House of Burgesses) |
| Plymouth | The 1st permanent settlement in Massachusetts established by the Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower; they established a direct democracy called the Mayflower Compact. |
| Navigation Act | British law that said colonies could ONLY trade with Britain since they were British territory; colonies could not trade with other countries. This led to smuggling. (Ex; John Hancock) |
| Stamp Act | Tax on all paper products in the colonies (later repealed); this led to the famous phrase “taxation without representation is tyranny” |
| Intolerable Act (Coercive Act) | Following the Boston Tea Party, Britain declared martial law in Boston. They set up a blockade and took over the town. |
| Quartering Act | Law passed by British Parliament allowing British soldiers to take whatever housing accommodations they needed from the colonies. |
| Townshend Act | Tax on colonial tea, lead, paint, etc. It was the protest of this law that led to the Boston Tea Party. |
| Boston Massacre | Provoked by colonists, British soldiers accidentally shot into a crowd of protestors in Boston, killing 5 people. This obviously increased tension between colonies and Britain |
| Boston Tea Party | A group called the Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and dumped 342 chests of British Tea into Boston harbor in protest of taxes; this led to Britain passing the Intolerable Act. |
| 1st continental Congress (1774) | A delegation of colonials sent to Philadelphia in an attempt to deal with the rising tension between the colonies and Britain. The solution was to write a letter to King George III. |
| 2nd continental congress (1775) | A 2nd delegation sent to Philadelphia to deal with rising tensions between the colonies and Britain. This eventually led to the Declaration of Independence (1776). |
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