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vocab quiz 08/18-22
Ms.Sabella
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Townshend Acts | new duties/taxes were placed on imports of glass, lead, paper, tea to the colonies from the british. |
| Writs of Assistance | allowed british soldiers to search in houses and businesses for any smuggled goods or without any specific reason. |
| John Locke | he believed that everyone has the right for a fair trial. |
| Samuel Adams | a leader of the sons of liberty and a founding father. |
| Daughters of Liberty | a group of woman who boycotted against british tea and made their own cloth. |
| Boston Massacre | a confrontation between british soldiers and colonists that injured and killed many. |
| Crispus Attucks | the first person to be killed in the boston massacre. |
| John Adams | a founding father and the second US president |
| Committee of Correspondence | a way for the american colonists to communicate to share ideas and discuss plans for gaining independence from britain |
| Tea Act | granted the struggling British East India Company a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies and allowed it to sell tea directly to colonists |
| Boston Tea Party | an protest where they threw tea into the harbor to fight against the british |