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Ch.6 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The British monarch, wonted to enforce the proclamation and also keep peace with Britain's Native American allies. To do this, he decided to keep 10,000 soldiers. | King George Third |
| This was a cost - saving measure that required the colonies to quarter, or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies. | Quartering Act |
| Britain needed income, to meet its expenses. | Revenue |
| This law placed a tax on sugar,molasses, and other products shipped to colonies. | Sugar Act |
| This law required all legal and commercial documents to carry on official stamp showing that a tax had been paid. | Stam Act |
| A member of Virginia's House of Burgesses, called for resistance to the tax. | Patrick Henry |
| A refusal to buy. | Boycott |
| The most famous of secret societies to oppose British Policies. | Sons of Liberty |
| He new about the struggle for freedom. He was born into slavery in Framinham, Massachusetts, aroud 1723. | Crispus Attucks |
| The King's finace mister, Charles Townshend, told parliament that he had a way to raise reveue in the colonies. | Townshend Acts |
| A leader of the Boston Son of Liberty. | Samuel Adams |
| Businesses to search for suggled goods. | Writs of assistance |
| They said that Attucks and the four others had given their lives for freedom. | Boston Massacre |
| A lawyer and cousin of Samuel adams, defended people in court. | John Adams |
| Samuel Adams wanted to make sure people did not forget the cause of liberty. He started a drive to form it in various town in Massachusetts. | Commitees of Correspondence |
| The Sons of Liberty organized what came to be known as the (blank). | Boston Tea Party |
| It was a force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community. | Militia |
| One-third of the Lexington militia. | Minutemen |
| 1774, Parliament passed a series of laws to punish the Massachusetts colony and serve as warning to other colonies. | Intolerable Acts |
| Delegates from all the colonies except Georgia met in Philadlphia. | First Continental Congress |
| A Boston silversmith, and a second messenger, were charged with spreading the news about British troops movement. | Paul Revere |
| The first kattles of the Revolutionary war. | Lexington and Concord |
| Who supported Americans would now have to choose side and back up their political opinions by force of arms. | Loyalists |
| Who sided with the rebels. | Patriots |
| He led fort Ticonderoga of back woodsmen know as the Green Mountain Bays. | Ethan Allen |
| Cannon and large guns. | Artillery |
| It began meeting in Philadelphia. Delegates include John and Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, George Woshington, and Patrick Henry. | Second Continental Congrees |
| John and Smuel Adams, John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Patrick Henry agreed to form it. | Continental Army |
| He was an officer who had plyed a vote in the victory at fort Ticonderoga. | Benedict Arrnold |
| Appoint a commitee to draft it. | Declaration of Independence |
| The group chose him to aompose the Declaration | Thomas Jefferson |
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