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Ch. 5 Social Studies
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains into Native American territory and limits freedom | Proclamation of 1763 |
| legal documents that allowed customs officers to search and seize smuggled goods | writs of assistance |
| passed by Parliament in 1764, tax meant to cut down on smuggling, the first time colonists were being taxed by Britain | The Sugar Act |
| passed by Parliament in 1765 and taxed all printed material | The Stamp Act |
| formal declaration that expresses an opinion | resolution |
| led by Samuel Adams, led street demonstrations, burned effigies, and ransacked homes of royal officials | Sons of Liberty |
| rag figures | effigies |
| refuse to buy | boycott |
| didn't allow colonists to import of use goods imported from Great Britain | Non-importation Agreements |
| cancel an act or law | repeal |
| passed by Parliament in 1766 and stated that Parliament had the right to tax any British colony | The Declaratory Act |
| passed by Parliament in 1767, tax applied to imported goods such as glass, tea, paper, and lead | The Townshend Acts |
| organized boycotts, made homegrown tea, and urged Americans to live without English goods | Daughters of Liberty |
| in 1774 56 delegates are sent to Philadelphia to establish a political body that represented American interests | First Continental Congress |
| drafted by the delegates of the First Continental Congress and called for the repeal of the 13 acts passed since 1763 | statement of grievances |
| a group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies | militia |
| companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a moment's notice | minutemen |
| place for storing ammunition and artillery | powder house |
| located in New Hampshire and Gage sends ships there to seize arms | Fort William and Mary |
| cities in Massachusetts, colonists battled the British here | Lexington and Concord |
| hiding place for ammunition | cache |
| thought taxes were unfair and liked doing business with England | Loyalist, Tori |
| wanted liberty or death, prepared to fight the British until American independence was won | Patriot |
| gunpowder or explosives | ammunition |
| 500 militia ambush Colonel Smith and is ambushed another 500 yards up the road here | Brooks Hill |
| battle occurred here when General Gage tried to drive the colonists from the high ground and the British won | Bunker/Breeds Hill |
| British fort on Lake Champlain and captured by the Green Mountain Boys | Fort Ticonderoga |
| nicknames for the British | Regulars, Redcoats, Lobster backs, Bloody backs |
| boys, dockworkers, and drunks throw things at the British and in the confusion someone yelled fire and 5 colonists were killed | The Boston Massacre |
| bias point of view | propaganda |
| organization that circulated anti-British writings | Committee of Correspondance |
| passed by Parliament in 1773, attempted to save the East India Company and allowed them to avoid paying the taxes on tea and bypass colonial merchants | The Tea Act |
| punishment for the Boston Tea Party, it closed the port of Boston until the tea was paid for, closed legislature and prohibited town meetings, and made Bostonians quarter British | Intolerable Acts aka Coercive Acts |
| met in 1774, John Hancock was President, began to govern colonies | Second Continental Congress |
| formal request gave Britain one last chance to resolve the issues peacefully | Olive Branch Petition |
| bully king | royal brute |
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