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Revolution Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| First Continental Congress | A meeting of all thirteen colonies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 56 delegates were invited to attend. |
| Sons of Liberty | An organization that was held in order to protest against the Stamp Act. It occurred in many different cities. Samuel Adams was the leader. They did their work in Boston, Massachusetts. |
| debt | The amount of money that the British Government owed |
| Quebec Act | Extended land boundaries to Ohio and Mississippi river |
| Delegates | Someone who represents others in government |
| John Adams | Samuel Adam's younger cousin and a lawyer, later the second president of the United States |
| Liberties | Freedoms |
| George Grenville | British Finance Minister looking for money, didn't like British laws. Felt that the colonists were ungrateful to the French and accused the colonists of smuggling |
| King George III | Said Great Britain's national debt had doubled since the French and Indian War |
| Committee of Correspondence | An Organization used in earlier protest the committee circulated writing about colonists' grievances against Britain. Other committees of correspondences sprang up bring together protestors opposed to British measures. |
| Writ(s) of Assistance | Legal documents that enabled the officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled |
| Lobster Backs | A British soldier in the 1700s- so called because of his red coat, especially during the American Revolutionary war. |
| Repeal | To revoke or reject, especially by an official or formal act |
| Propaganda | Information designed to influence opinion |
| External taxes | Taxes that come from the outside |
| Smuggle | The act sneaking something out illegally to avoid paying taxes or dealing with the government |
| boycott | refuse to buy |
| Revenue | Incoming money |
| Parliament | The section of the British government responsible for all of the new laws. |
| Samuel Adams | A protestor who helped to start the Sons of Liberty in order to protest against the Stamp Act. Leader of the Sons of Liberty. |
| George Grenville | Felt that the colonists were ungrateful to the French and accused the colonists of smuggling. |
| King George III | Said that Great Britain's national debt had doubled since the French and Indian War. |
| customs officers | British officers who George Grenville allowed to obtain general write of assistance in order to catch colonists involved in smuggling. |
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