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ch.6 vocabhm
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| King George III | british monarch, enforced proc. of 1763, wanted to keep peace w/ Native american allies |
| Quartering Act | a law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers. |
| revenue | income a government collects to cover expenses. |
| Sugar Act | a law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other poducts shipped to the colonies, also called for harsh punishment of smugglers |
| Stamp Act | a 1765 law passed by parliament that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing the tax has been paid |
| Patrick Henry | member of VA house of burgesses, called for resistance to taxing of the stamp act, didnt care if what he said was treason |
| boycott | a refusal to buy certain goods |
| Sons of Liberty | a group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the american revolution |
| Crispus Attucks | African american, native american born in Mass. in 1723, was a sailor, killed in boston massacre |
| Townshend Acts | a series of laws passed by parliament in 1767 that suspended New Yorks assembly and established taxes on goods brought into the British colonies |
| writs of assistance | a search warrant that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods |
| Samuel Adams | a leader of boston sons of liberty, urged colonists to continue to resist british control |
| Boston Massacre | a clash between british soldiers and boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists, including Crispus attucks, were killed |
| John Adams | lawyer and cousin of sam adams, defended redcoats in boston massacre,critisized for taking case but responded that the law shoul be"deaf...to the clamors of the populace." was for the colonists cause but said that the recoats had acted in self defense |
| committee of correspondence | a group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters on colnial affairs |
| Boston Tea Party | the dumping of 342 chests of tea in Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the tea act |
| militia | a force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community during the American revolution |
| Minutemen | a member of thecolnial militia who was trained to respond"at a minutes warning" |
| Intolerable Acts | a series of laws passed by parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the boston tea Party |
| First Continental Congress | a meeting of delegates in 1774 from all of the colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial rights. |
| Paul Revere | boston silversmith, spreaded news about the british activities, made it to lexington with dawes, prescott joined them but they were soon stoppe by british patrol and only prescott made it away |
| Lexington and Concord | Sites in Mass. of the first battles of the American Revolution |
| Loyalist | An American colonist who supported the British in the American Revolution |
| Patriot | An American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution |
| Ethan Allen | led green mountain boys on ay 10, 1775 to attack british fort ticonderoga on new york side of lake champlain. |
| artillery | A cannon or large gun |
| Second Continental Congress | A governing body whose delegates agreed, in May 1775, to form the Continental Army and to approve the Declaration of Independence |
| Continental Army | a Colonial force authorized by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 with George Washington as its commanding General |
| Benedict Arnold | one of the leaders of the expedition to quebec to defeat brit forces there november 1775, failed at missiona few months later |
| Declaration of Independence | The document, written in 1776, in which the colonies declared independence from Britain |
| Thomas Jefferson | chosen to write declaration of independence in a little more than 2 weeks |
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