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Ch 7 Lesson 3 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| massacre | the killing of many people |
| correspondence | written communication |
| quarter | to give people food and shelter |
| delegate | someone chosen to speak and act for others |
| Crispus Attucks | former slave and was killed during the Boston Massacre |
| Boston Massacre | a fight between the colonists and British soldiers, that caused five colonists to be killed |
| Paul Revere | a Son of Liberty who created a picture of the Boston Massacre to convince colonists that the Bristish soldiers were dangerous |
| John Adams | a Boston lawyer who defended the Bristish soldiers, when they were put on trial for killing five colonists |
| Committees of Correspondence | a written communication to share news with other colonists |
| The Boston Tea Party | members of the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Indians, boarded the ships in Boston and threw the tea into the harbor |
| Tea Act | tax on tea passed by Parliament |
| The Coercive Acts | laws to punish the colonists in Massachusetts, also known by the colonists as the Intolerable Acts |