1. Chapter 5 The Road to Revolution Vocabulary

2. The French and Indian War
War from that was fought between England and her colonies and the French and the Indians

3. Albany Plan of Union
Plan created by Ben Franklin that attempted to get the 13 colonies to unite to fight the French

4. Treaty of Paris (1763)
Ended the French and Indian War, gave England all of France’s land in America

5. Proclamation of 1763
Law that drew an imaginary line along the Appalachian Mts, and forbid colonists from moving west of that line—avoid conflicts w/ Indians

6. Sugar Act
1764- law that put a tax on many items including sugar and molasses

7. Stamp Act
1765—law that required all printed materials to have an official British stamp—raised the price of paper products

8. Quartering Act
1765 &1767—law that required Colonists to feed and house British soldiers without any repayment

9. Townshend Acts
1767—law that taxed common everyday items like glass, paint, lead, etc.

10. Tea Act
1773—law that allowed British East India Co. to sell tea directly to the colonists—upset colonial merchants

11. Petition
A formal written request signed by a group of people

12. Boycott
To refuse to buy goods or use services

13. Repeal
To cancel

14. Writs of Assistance
Legal document that let British officials inspect ships or businesses without a reason

15. Committee of Correspondence
Letter writing campaign between the colonies that reported on events in Massachusetts

16. Nonimportation Agreements
Agreement between American merchants not to import or buy British goods taxed by the Townshend Acts

17. Sons of Liberty
Organization of men that protested the British laws and policies—protests, boycotts, occasional violence

18. Intolerable Acts
(Coercive Acts) laws placed on Massachusetts in early 1774 to punish them for the Boston Tea Party—closed Boston Harbor

19. First Continental Congress
September 1774—meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia—agreed to boycott British goods and set up militas

20. Militia
An army of citizens who serve as soldiers

21. Minutemen
Massachusetts volunteer soldiers who trained regularly and were ready to fight