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SS Unit 4 Ch 2 Vocab

Chapter 2 Vocabulary

DefinitionTerm
an important official announcement that is usually made to the public proclamation
a marked or perceived distinction between one area, category, etc., and another. It was used to prevent colonists from settling on Native American land demarcation line
an unofficial British policy of not enforcing rules and regulations in the colonies salutary neglect
money that people are required to pay to support the workings of the government tax
traditional legal rights that all English subjects in England were guaranteed "rights of Englishmen"
a representative to the legislature in colonial Virginia or Maryland burgess
to give temporary lodging and meals to soldiers quarter
King of Britain who wanted the colonists to pay for the recent war King George III
A Boston lawyer who said, “taxation without representation is tyranny” James Otis
Virginian colonist who gave a speech protesting the Stamp Act Patrick Henry
an organized form of protest where people decide not to buy a certain product, shop at a certain business, or engage with certain individuals or groups boycott
a case of law decided by a group of one’s fellow citizens trial by jury
a farmer and lawyer who wrote a series of letters in 1767-1768, known as Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, urging colonists to resist British taxation and protect their rights. The letters helped shape public opinion against British taxes John Dickinson
the violent killing of defenseless people massacre
an African American / Native American sailor who is considered the first person to die in the American Revolution Crispus Attucks
a Bostonian leader of the Sons of Liberty who set up the Committee of Correspondence to share news within the colonies and to different colonies. Samuel Adams
unbearable intolerable
to convince someone to do something through force coercive
a group of armed citizens prepared for military service at any time militia
Massachusetts militia ready to fight at a moment’s notice minutemen
a Virginian who gave a speech to the Continental Congress stating, “I know now what course others might take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death! Patrick Henry
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