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ch 6 vocab!
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A cost saveing act that required the colonists to house british solders | quartering act |
| the british monarch that wanted to enforce the proclamation and keep peace with the native american allies | King George III |
| Another word for income | revenue |
| A tax on all sugar and molasses and other products shipped to the colonies | sugar acts |
| an act placed on all paper products that greatly affected all colonists | stamp acts |
| a member of the virginia house of burgesses who fought for taxation with repersentaition | Patrick Henry |
| a refusal to buy | boycott |
| a group of lawyers from the colonies that rebeled against britain | sons of liberty |
| an african american who greatly influenced the rebels | Cripus Attucks |
| a group of laws that angered the colonists such as suspending new yorks assembly | townshend acts |
| search warents issued by the government | writs of assistance |
| a american patriot who helped influence the revolution | Samuel Adams |
| a shooting of 5 patriotsin the boston square by british soldiers | boston massacre |
| a lawyer who took the british soldiers side on the law suit of the boston massicre | John Adams |
| a group that exchanged letters about the colonial affairs | committee of correspondance |
| a rebelion where patriots dressed as native americans and attacked merchant ships and destroyed all the tea | boston tea party |
| a army of volenteer farmers | militia |
| special militia men trained to be ready "on a minutes notice" | minutemen |
| a group of cruel laws enforced after the boston tea party | intolerable acts |
| a group of delegates from 12 colonies met to discuss a break from britian | first continental congress |
| a patriot spy who alerted the patriots of the british attack | Paul Revere |
| the first battles of the revolution | lexington and concord |
| someone who was loyal to britain | loyalist |
| a rebel wo supported america | patriot |
| the leader of the green mountain boys | Ethan Allen |
| heavy cannon and guns | artillery |
| another meeting to discuss the revolutionary war | second continental congress |
| an army led by george washington that had patriot men from every colony | continental army |
| an american general who betrayed the patriots and became a loyalist | Benedict Arnold |
| a document that declared americas independance | declaration of independance |
| the author of the declaration of independance | Thomas Jefferson |