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- 2. died 1622, North American Indian of the Narragansett tribe: interpreter for the Pilgrims.
- 5. a riot in Boston (March 5, 1770) arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed several persons.
- 10. the war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–60: ended by Treaty of Paris in 1763.
- 13. Sir William, 1621–70, English admiral.
- 14. a member of a group of Protestants that arose in the 16th century within the Church of England, demanding the simplification of doctrine and worship, and greater strictness in religious discipline: during part of the 17th century the Puritans became a powerful political party.
- 15. the war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England 1754–60: ended by Treaty of Paris in 1763.
- 17. a member of any of the Indian tribes belonging to the Powhatan Confederacy.
- 18. a village in E Virginia: first permanent English settlement in North America 1607; restored 1957.
- 19. Slave codes were laws in each U.S. state, which defined the status of slaves and the rights of masters. These codes gave slave-owners absolute power over the enslaved.
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- 1. The Bill of Rights[1] is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689.[2] It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689 (or 1688 by Old Style dating), inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England.
- 3. series of religious revivals among Protestants in the American colonies, especially in New England, lasting from about 1725 to 1770.
- 4. Maryland Toleration Act. The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion, was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. Passed on April 21, 1649 by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City.
- 6. an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
- 7. a popular name for a member of the Religious Society of Friends.
- 8. raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor (December 16, 1773) in which Boston colonists, disguised as Indians, threw the contents of several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against British taxes on tea and against the monopoly granted the East India Company.
- 9. John, 1588–1649, English colonist in America: 1st governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony 1629–33, 1637–40, 1642–44, 1646–49.
- 11. series of laws passed by the British in 1774 in an attempt to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party; also called [ Coercive Acts ], Punitive Acts
- 12. act of the British Parliament for raising revenue in the American Colonies by requiring the use of stamps and stamped paper for official documents, commercial writings, and various articles: it was to go into effect on November 1, 1765, but met with intense opposition and was repealed in March, 1766.
- 16. American religious liberal, born in England: banished from Massachusetts 1637.
