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History: Chap 6
People
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| British prime minister who looked to the American colonists to pay Great Britain's debts from the French and Indian War | George Grenville |
| secret colonial societies that used violence to frighten tax collectors | Sons of Liberty |
| Virginian who presented a series of resolutions to the House of Burgesses stating that the Stamp Act violated the rights of the colonists as British citizens | Patrick Henry |
| member of Parliament who believed that the Stamp Act was unjust and who persuaded Parliament to repel it | William Pitt |
| Groups of women who met to sew, support the boycotts, and discuss politics | Daughters of Liberty |
| Crispus Attucks | African American sailor killed burring the Boston Massacre |
| Mercy Otis Warren | Person who wrote poems, essays, and plays the British government |
| John Hancock | Boston merchant whose ship was seized by tax collectors on suspicion of smuggling |
| Paul Revere | Person whose engraving of the Boston Massacre was distributed throughout New England |