| This law passed in Parliament was specifically
designed to regulate American trade. |
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| This ended the French and Indian War and
gave England all of the French territories
in North America. |
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| This pre-1763 British policy overlooked colonial
violations of Britain's trade laws and allowed
the colonies to govern themselves. |
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| In an attempt to bring the Iroquois into
the Seven Years' War and deal with other
military affairs, this proposal, drafted
by Benjamin Franklin, presented the idea
that colonial defense problems should be
handled by a royally-appointed president-general
and a federal council of delegates chosen
by the colonies. It was rejected by the colonies
and the Iroquois remained neutral during
the war. |
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| The ability of colonial legislatures in the
18c to initiate money bills, specifying the
amount to be raised and its uses. |
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| The second of Grenville's revenue measures,
it led to the Virginia Resolve and colonial
congress. |
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| This was a move by Britain to forbid American
settlers from moving westward into Native
American territories in the Ohio Valley. |
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| This work, written by John Dickinson, protested
against the Townshend Acts and questioned
the right of Parliament to levy "external"
duties to raise revenue in the colonies. |
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| Lord North's attempt to punish Americans
for the Boston "Tea Party"; it
closed Boston Harbor. |
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| A final attempt by moderates in the Continental
Congress to prevent an all-out war with Britain. |
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| This legislation was a defense of Parliament's
sovereignty over the colonies; it was passed
to compensate for the repeal of the Stamp
Act. |
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| This network of lawyers, merchants, tradesmen,
and other townspeople organized colonial
protests against British regulations. |
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| It recognized the religion freedom of Canada's
largely Catholic population; the American
colonists saw this as a British attempt to
disregard the colonies' western land claims
and surround them with Catholic allies of
the British Crown. |
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| This political agitator led the Boston Tea
Party and attended the First Continental
Congress as a delegate from Massachusetts. |
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| This was adopted by the First Continental
Congress and it promised obedience to the
king, but denied Parliament the right to
tax the colonies. |
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| Colonial radicals formed these groups in
each town and colony to spread the word of
any new English aggression. |
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| A general search warrant used by the British
customs officials to hunt for smuggled goods. |
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| This document, proposed by Lord North, promised
any colony that would provide for its own
government and defense virtual immunity from
taxation. This plan was rejected by the colonies. |
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| A series of new duties enacted by Parliament
on widely used colonial products, this legislation
established the vice-admiralty courts to
enforce British trade laws. |
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