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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Colonist yelled insults and threw snowballs at some British soldiers: the redcoats fired into a crowd, killing five patriots | Boston Massacre |
| Maryland law giving religious freedom to all Christians | Toleration Act |
| Warrants permitting the British to search colonist homes from smuggling goods | Writs of assistance |
| Members exchanged letters telling of local anti-British activities in the years before the Revolutionary War | Committee of Correspondence |
| They separated from the Church of England and came to America for religious freedom; before landing at Plymouth Massachusetts, the people set forth rules for there colony in the Mayflower Compact; the colonists and Indians celebrated the first Thanksgivin | Pilgrims |
| Paul revere and William Dawes warned the minutemen that the redcoats were marching out of Boston; the colonists met the British and fought the opening battles of the American Revolution in these towns | Lexington and Concord |
| When the patriots staged the Boston Tea Party, Parliament passed these harsh laws to punish the people of Massachusetts | Intolerable Acts |
| a refusal to buy goods in order to force a change in policy; the colonists used this tactic to get Parliament to repeal some of its strict trade and tax policies | Boycott |
| it was the first permanent English settlement in America; because of the strict rules set forth by John Smith "no work, no food" the colonists survived the "starving time" | Jamestown |
| the British and the Americans together drove the French from North America after winning the Battle of Quebec | French and Indian War |
| lawmaking body in Great Britain which taxed the colonies and limited trade | Parliament |
| left England and settled in the Boston area; started the Massachusetts Bay Colony in order to enjoy freedom of religion | Puritans |
| document granting permission to start a colony in America | Mayflower Compact |
| the gathering of people in a New England town for the purpose of making their own local laws | Town meeting |
| announced that the new "United States of America" was an independent country free of British rule | Declaration of Independence |
| agreement among the Pilgrims which set up their own government | Charter |
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