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ch.6 vocab ms.linkk
Question | Answer |
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king george 3 | a british monarch |
quartering act | cost saving measure that required the colonies to quarter british soldiers |
revenue | income |
sugar act | placed a tax on sugar molasses and other products shipped to the colonies |
stamp act | all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp |
patrick henry | member of virginia's house of burgesses |
boycott | refusal to buy |
sons of liberty | lawyers |
crispus attucks | a african american sailor |
townshed acts | suspended new yorks assembly |
writs of assistance | search warrants |
samuel adams | leader of the boston sons of liberty |
boston massacre | a shooting killing four people |
john adams | lawyer and cousin of samuel adams |
committies of correspondence | exchanged letters on colonial affairs |
boston tea party | destroyed 342 chests of tea |
militia | force of armed citizens |
minute men | men trained to go fight in a matter of one minute |
intolerable acts | british laws |
first continental congress | banned all trade with england |
paul revere | boston silversmith |
lexington and concord | first battles of the revolutionary war |
loyalist | supported the british |
patriots | sided with rebels |
ethan allen | led the green mountain boys |
artillery | cannon and large guns |
second continental congress | agreed to form continental army |
continental army | acted as a government |
benedict arnold | officer |
declaration of independence | a draft made by a committee |
thomas jefferson | composed the declaration |