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S.S. ch. 6 vocab-CC
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| King of england during the american revolution | King George the 3rd |
| Law that required the colonies to house and supply British Soldiers | Quartering Act |
| government income | revenue |
| British Tax on imported sugar and molasses | Stamp Act |
| Law that taxed many printed materials in the colonies | Stamp Act |
| A member of the Virginia House of Bergesses who opposed British Taxes | Patrick Henry |
| refusal to buy goods | boycott |
| A secret society organized to oppose british polices | Sons of Liberty |
| Plan passed by Parliament in 1767 to help rasie revenue in the colonies | Townshed Acts |
| search warrant | writ of assistance |
| Fonder of the Sons of liberty | Samuel Adams |
| African American killed by the British soldiers in the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks |
| A cousin of Samuel Adams & a lawyer who defended the British soliders involved in the Boston Massacre | John Adams |
| A group that exchanged letters on colonial affairs wit hsimilar groups | Committee of Correspondence |
| Protest against the Tea Act in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor | Boston tea party |
| COnfilict between colonists and British soldiers in which 5 colonist died | Boston Massacre |
| Laws passed by parliament punishing Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party | Intolerable Acts |
| Meeting held by the colonies in Philadelphia in 1774 to decide what to do about problems with Britan | First Continental Congress |
| A force of armed civilians who pledge to defend their community | militia |
| A colonist who could be ready to fight in a minutes notice | minuteman |
| A patriot who helped ro warn the colonists about British movement | Paul Revere |
| Sites of the first battles of the Revolutinary War | Lexington and Concord |
| A colonist who was loyal to Britan | Loyalist |
| Acolonist who suported the colonial rebels | Patriot |
| Leader of the Green Mountain Boys who helped to capture Fort Ticonderoga | Ethan Allen |
| Cannons and Large guns | artillery |
| Meeting held in Philadelphia in 1775 | Second Continental Congress |
| The name of the American Army | Continental Army |
| Colonial leader eho played a part in the Victory at Fort Ticonderoga and who helped in a failed invasion of Canada. | Benedict Arnold |
| Document that said the colonies were independent | Declaration of Independence |
| Writer of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |