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TheRoadtoRevolution
History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| King George the third | The British monarch, who wanted to enforce the proclamation and keep peace with Native American allies |
| Quartering Act | A cost-saving measure that required the colonies to quarter or house |
| Revenue | Another word for income or to collect a profit |
| Sugar Act | This law placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies |
| Stamp Act | This law required all legal and commercial document to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid |
| Patrick Henry | A member of Virginia's House of Burgesses, called for resistance to the tax |
| Boycott | A refusal to buy something |
| Sons of Liberty | A secret society to oppose British policies |
| Crispus Attucks | Crispus was African-American born in slavery but he escaped and worked as a sailor |
| Townshend Acts | A parliament that was made raise revenue in the colonies |
| Writs of assistance | To enforce acts, British officers would enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods |
| Samuel Adams | A leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty Adams urged colonists to continue to resist British control |
| Boston Massacre | When a fight broke out in front of the Custom House the soldiers began firing and killed Attuck and four others |
| John Adams | A lawyer and cousin of Samuel Adams, defended the redcoats who shot at the Custom House |
| Committees of correspondence | Samuel Adams started a drive to form the committees of correspondence in various towns in Massachusetts |
| Boston Tea Party | On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of men disguised as Native Americans boared three tea ships docked in Boston Harbor and dumped all the tea out |
| Militia | A force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community |
| Minuteman | One-third of the Lexington militia |
| Intolerable Acts | A series of laws to punish the Massachusetts colony and serve as a warning to other colonies |
| First Continental Congress | It was a vote to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed |
| Paul Revere | A Boston silversmith, and a second messenger, William Dawes. were charged with spreading news about British troop movements |
| Lexington and Concord | These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War |
| Loyalists | Those who supported the British |
| Patriots | Those who sided with the rebels |
| Ethan Allen | Ethan led this band of backwoodsmen known as the Green Mountain Boys to capture Ticonderoga |
| Artillery | Supply's mostly consisting of weapons |
| Second Continental Congress | The Delegates agreed to form the Continental Army |
| Continental Army | A colonial force authorized by the Second Continental Congress in 1775, with George Washington as its commanding general |
| Benedict Arnold | He was an officer who had played a role in the victory at Fort Ticonderoga |
| Declaration of Independence | The document, written in 1776, in which the colonies declared independence from Britain |
| Thomas Jefferson | He came from Virginia and the group knew that they needed Virginia's help |
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Dominick Eismon
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