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chapter 6 vocab im
Question | Answer |
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King George 3 | british monarch |
Quartering act | required colonies to house/provide supplies for soldiers |
revenue | income |
sugar act | tax on sugar mollases etc |
stamp act | required all documents to carry stamlp |
patrick henry | member of house of burgesses |
boycott | refusal to buy |
sons of liberty | colonists effected by stamp act |
crispus attucks | killed in boston massacre |
townshend acts | raised revenue |
writs of assistance | search warrants |
samuel adams | leader of boston sons of liberty |
boston massacre | shooting between british and boston |
john adams | layer and cousin of samuel adams |
commitees of correspondance | exchanged letters on colonial affarirs |
boston tea party | refusal of tea act |
militia | force of armed civilians |
minutemen | soldiers |
intolerable acts | laws to punish massachusets |
1 continental congress | meeting of delegates |
paul revere | boston silversmith |
lexington and concord | 1 battle of revoulutionary waer |
loyalists | suppoted british |
patriots | sided with rebels |
ethan allen | led green mt boys |
artillery | cannon and large guns |
2 continental congress | delegate meeting |
continental army | formed in 2 continental congress |
benidict arnold | officer at fort ticonderoga |
declaration of independence | declared america independent |
thomas jefferson | composed declaration of independence |