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Albany plan of union
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Writs of Assistance
a written order (a writ) issued by a court instructing a law enforcement official, such as a sheriff or a tax collector, to perform a certain task. -
Proclamation of 1763
Created to alleviate relations with natives after the French and Indian war, stated that Americans were not permitted to pass the Applanchian mountains. -
Sugar act
A law passed by the British parliament in 1764 raising taxes on foreign refined sugars imported from Britain to the colonies. -
Stamp act
an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
Quartering act
a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. -
Sons of Liberty
an organization of American colonists that was created in the Thirteen American Colonies. The secret society was formed to protect the rights of the colonists and to fight taxation by the British government. -
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Stamp act congress
a meeting held between October 7 and 25, 1765 in New York City, consisting of representatives from some of the British colonies in North America -
Declaratory act
an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act. -
Non-importation association
a series of commercial restrictions adopted by American colonists to protest British revenue policies prior to the American Revolution