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social studieschap.8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| king George the 3 | king of Britain during the time of the american revolution |
| patrick Henry | virginia patriot and lawyer know for his bold speeches in support of american independence |
| Samuel adams | boston patriot and organizer of the sons of liberty |
| mercy otis warren | patriot writer who wrote articles and plays in support of american independince |
| parliament | Britain's law-making assembly |
| stamp act | Law passed by Parliament in 1765 that taxed printed materials in the 13 colonies |
| repeal | To cancel |
| sons of liberty | Groups of Patriots who worked to oppose British rule before the American Revolution |
| Townshend act | Laws passed by Paliament in 1767 that taxed goods imported by the 13 Colonies from Britain |
| tariff | Tax on imported goods |
| boycott | Organized refusal to buy goods |
| daughters of liberty | Groups of American women Patriots who wove cloth to replace boycotted British goods |
| crispus attucks | Victim of Boston Massacre. escaped slavery and became a sailor. Led group of sailors to the protest. |
| john adamns | defended soldiers who were on trial for murders durin gthe Boston Massacre |
| pual revear | A Silver smith who was an "Express Rider" in the Committee of Correspondence |
| thomas gage | British General who was in charge of the colony of Massachusetts |
| boston macare | Event in 1770 in Boston in which British soldiers killed five colonists who were part of an angry group that had surrounded them. |
| committee of correspondence | Groups of colonists formed in the 1770's to spread news quickly about protests against the British |
| tea act | Law passed by Parliament in the early 1770's stating that only the East India Company, a British business, could sell tea to the 13 colonies |
| boston tea party | Protest against British taxes in which the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbor in 1773 |
| intolerable acts | Laws passed by British Parliament to punish the people of Boston following the Boston Tea Party |
| patriots | American colonists who opposed British rule |
| loyalists | Colonists who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution |
| first continental congress | Meeting of representatives from every colony except Georgia, held in Philadelphia in 1774to discuss actions to take in response to the Intolerable Act |
| militia | Volunteer Armies |
| miniutemen | Colonial militia groups that could be ready to fight at a minutes notice |
| john handcock | Important Patriot leader in Boston |
| william dawes | An express Rider who talked his way past British guards to spread the warning that the red coats were coming |
| samuel presscott | horse rider with Paul Revere and William Dawes. Prescott escaped and finished riding to Concord to warn the Concord militia of the arrival of British guard |
| john parker | captain of the Lexington minutemen |
| wiliam prescott | Patriot colonel who led 1200 men up the hills of Charlestown |
| american revolution | The war between the 13 colonies and great Briatin from 1775 to 1783 in which the 13 colonies won their independence and became the United States |
| battel of bunker hill | Costly victory for British troops over the Patriots in Charlestown, Massachusetts, in the American Revolution on JUNE 17, 1775 |
| george washington | WAS CHOSEN TO COMMAND THE CONTINENTAL ARMY DURING TH EAMERICAN REVOLUTION. First president fo the United States |
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