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Lesson 3.3

Taking Up Arms

TermDefinition
Intolerable Acts A series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party.
Quebec Act A law that set up a government for Canada and protected the rights of French Catholics
First Continental Congress In 1774, a meeting of delegates from 12 colonies in Philadelphia.
Militia An army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency.
Minutemen Colonial militia volunteers who were prepared to fight at a minute's notice.
Battles of Lexington and Concord In 1775, the conflicts between Massachusetts colonists and British soldiers that started the Revolutionary War.
Olive Branch Petition A peace petition sent to King George by colonial delegates after the battles of Lexington and Concord.
Green Mountain Boys A Vermont colonial militia led by Ethan Allen that made a surprise attack on Forth Ticonderoga.
Continental Army An army established by the Second Continental Congress to fight the British.
Patriots A colonist who favored war against Britain.
Loyalists A colonist who remained loyal to Britain.
Battle of Bunker Hill In 1775, the first major battle of the Revolution.
Blockade The shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.
Mercenaries A soldier who fights for pay, often for a foreign country.
Tea Act A 1773 law that the British East India Company bypass tea merchants and sell directly to colonists.
Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826) was one of the authors of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of The United States.
Boston Tea Party A 1773 protest in which the colonists dressed as Indians and dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.
Civil Disobedience The refusal to obey unjust laws using non-violent ways.
Richard Henry Lee Representative from Virginia. Absolved: released from all allegiance to the crown. All political connection between them and great Britain is and out to be dissolved.
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