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Chapter 6 Vocab

TermDefinition
Minuteman a member of the colonial militia who was trained to respond “at a minute’s warning”
Boycott a refusal to buy certain goods
Loyalist an American colonist who supported the British in the American Revolution
Patriot an American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution
Militia a force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community during the American Revolution
Intolerable Acts a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts’s colonists for the Boston Tea Party
Writ of Assistance a search warrant that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods
Quartering Act a law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers
Boston Tea Party the dumping of 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act
Declaration of Independence the document, written in 1776, in which the colonies declared independence from Britain
Sons of Liberty a group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution
Stamp Act a 1765 law passed by Parliament that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax has been paid
Lexington/Concord sites in Massachusetts of the first battles of the American Revolution
Townshend Acts a series of laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New York’s assembly and established taxes on goods brought into the British colonies
Boston Massacre a clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists, including Crispus Attacks, were killed
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