Help
Options
Didn't know it?
click below
click below
Knew it?
click below
click below
Don't Know
Remaining cards (0)
Know
retry
shuffle
restart
0:00
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Normal Size Small Size show me how
chapter 6
road to revolution vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| king george III | the british monarch who wanted to enforce the proclaimation and keep peace with britain's native american allies. |
| quartering act | a cost saving measure that required the colonies to quarter or house british soldiers provide them with supplies. |
| revenue | income |
| sugar act | a law that placed tax on sugar molasses and other products shipped to the colonies |
| stamp act | an act that increased tension between the mother country and colonies |
| patrick henry | a member of virginia's house of burgesses called for resistance to the tax. |
| boycott | a refusal to buy. |
| sons of liberty | a secret society to oppose british policies |
| crispus attucks | the son of an african american father and a native american mother |
| townshed acts | a parliament that had passed. |
| writs of assistance | search warrants used to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods |
| john adams | a lawyer and cousin of samuel adams |
| samuel adams | a leader of the boston sons of liberty |
| boston massacre | the huge shooting was called this |
| committee if corespondence | a drive in various towns in massassachutes |
| boston tea party | an event when a group of men disgusised as native americans boreded three tea ships docked in boston harbor |
| militia | a force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community. |
| minuteman | trained to be ready to act in minutes |
| intolerable acts | they called coercive acts this becuause they felt that they were to harsh |
| first continental congress | where delegates from all colonies except georgia met in philadelphia. |
| paul revere | a boston silvesmith and a second messanger |
| lexington and concord | the first battles of the revolutionray war |
| loyalist | those who supported british were called this. |
| patriot | those who sided with rebels were called this |
| ethan allen | led this band of backwoodsmen know as the green mountain boys |
| artillery | cannons and large guns |
| second continental congress | another meeting |
| coniental army | a colonial force authorized by the second coniential congress in 1775 with geroge washingtion as its comanding general. |
| benedict arnold | an officer who played a role in the victory at fort ticonderoga |
| declaration of independence | the document written in 1776 in which the colonies declared independce from brittan |
| thomas jefferson | he wrote the declaration of indpendence |
Created by:
mackenzieschultz