Mercantilism, The idea that a nation grows rich by selling more than it buys, and colonies exist to enrich the home country, Navigation Act of 1650, A law that made sure only England benefited from trade with its colonies, Proclamation of 1763, A rule that stopped colonists from settling on land west of the frontier, Writs of Assistance, Legal papers that let British officers search a ship's cargo without giving a reason, Stamp Act, A 1765 law that taxed paper items like newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents, Sons of Liberty, A group that protested British taxes by boycotting goods, Daughters of Liberty, A group of women who made their own clothing and built liberty trees for mock hangings to protest British taxes, Stamp Act Congress, A group of colonial representatives who told the king the Stamp Act was unjust, No taxation without representation, The idea that colonists should not be taxed since they had no vote in government, Tea Act, A law that gave the East India Company a monopoly on selling tea in America, Boston Tea Party, The night colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped British tea into the harbor, Intolerable Acts, British laws that punished Massachusetts by closing Boston Harbor, Continental Congress, A group of colonial leaders formed to organize a boycott of British goods, Protest, To openly speak out against something, Boycott, To refuse to buy certain goods or services, Smuggle, To secretly bring in goods without paying taxes, Common Sense, Thomas Paine's pamphlet that argued the colonies should become an independent republic, Patriots, Colonists who supported independence from England, Loyalists, Colonists who stayed loyal to the king

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