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SocialStudies
Test on Thursday
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Writs of Assistance | Legal document that lets officials inspect a ships cargo without a reason |
| Boycott | To refuse to buy certain goods and services |
| Militia | Army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency |
| Non-important agreements | Promise to stop importing goods taxed by the british |
| Repeal | to cancel a Law |
| Petition | Formal written request to someone in authority |
| Committees of Correspondence | Organization of colonist who wrote letters and pamphlets protesting British actions |
| Patrick Henry | Wrote speeches and has a famous speech with the words "give me liberty or give me death" |
| Boston Massacre | When British soldiers shot 5 Colonist |
| Sugar Act | Tax on molasses,coffee, and indigo |
| Quartering Act | British soldiers are allowed to stay in British troops can live in colonist's homes and the colonist have to provide them with bedding and other needs |
| Stamp Act | Tax on printable documents |
| Stamp Act Congress | 9 colonies send Delegates to Albany to protest and write petitions |
| Mercy Otis Warren | Published plays that made fun of the British |
| Samuel Adams | Arranged Protest and was one of the leaders of Sons of liberty |
| Townshend Act | Put taxes on glass, paper, paint, led, and tea |
| Tea Act | To help the British East Indian tea company get out of its debt |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonist board ships and dump tea into the Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | The King punished Boston for the Tea party and closed down all the harbors, no more town meetings |
| First Continental Congress | Delegate from 12 colonies went to Philadelphia and set up more boycotts, and a militia |
| Midnight Ride | Paul revere and to other guys went out to give word of the British movement to concord and Lexington |
| "Shot heard round the world" | First fight between America and British |
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