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Chp 9 - Soc Studies
American Revolution
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Town meeting | Earliest form of colonial self-government |
| Minutemen | Colonial volunteer soldiers - ready at a moment's notice |
| Quartering Act | Law that made colonists feed and shelter British soldiers. |
| Committees of Correspondence | Way colonists kept each other informed |
| Royal Govenors | England's way of controlling colonies |
| Stamp Act | British taxes on paper products |
| Boston Massacre | British killed 5 colonists |
| Sons of Liberty | American Patriots favoring independence |
| Sam Adams | Organized Committees of Correspondence |
| Paul Revere | Warned colonists of British attack |
| King George III | Refused to read the Olive Branch Petition from the colonists |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty, or give me death." |
| Crispus Attucks | Killed at Boston Massacre |
| Lexington and Concord | First battles of the American Revolution |
| repeal | to cancel or take back |
| boycott | to refuse to do business or have contact with a person, group or her country |
| Patriot | a person who supported the colonists' fight for freedom |
| Continental Army | an army consisting of troops from every colony |