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Ch.6 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The British monarch during the time of the American Revolution. | King George III |
| A law passed by Parliament in 1765 that forced colonists to house British soldiers. | Quartering Act |
| Income - Wealth that is gained. | revenue |
| A law passed by Parliament in 1764 that taxed sugar, molasses, and other imports. It also called for strict enforcement and harsh punishment for smugglers. | Sugar Act |
| A law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required paid stamps on legal/commercial documents, diplomas, contracts, wills, and newspaper. | Stamp Act |
| A member of the House of Burgesses who resisted the Stamp Act and called for others to do so as well. | Patrick Henry |
| A refusal to buy goods and services for a reason such as a strike. | boycott |
| A society formed to oppose Britain - consisted of lawyers, merchants, and craftsmen - the people most affected by the Stamp Act. | Sons of Liberty |
| An African American man who worked as a sailor after excaping slavery and died at the Boston Massacre. | Crispus Attucks |
| A law passed by Parliament in 1767, proposed by finance minister Charles Townshend, that suspended the N.Y. assembly until they housed troops and placed duties on glass, paper, paint, lead, tea, etc. Tax paid for British officials in the colonies. | Townshend Acts |
| The British monarch during the time of the American Revolution. | King George III |
| A law passed by Parliament in 1765 that forced colonists to house British soldiers. | Quartering Act |
| Income - Wealth that is gained. | revenue |
| A law passed by Parliament in 1764 that taxed sugar, molasses, and other imports. It also called for strict enforcement and harsh punishment for smugglers. | Sugar Act |
| A law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required paid stamps on legal/commercial documents, diplomas, contracts, wills, and newspaper. | Stamp Act |
| A member of the House of Burgesses who resisted the Stamp Act and called for others to do so as well. | Patrick Henry |
| A refusal to buy goods and services for a reason such as a strike. | boycott |
| A society formed to oppose Britain - consisted of lawyers, merchants, and craftsmen - the people most affected by the Stamp Act. | Sons of Liberty |
| An African American man who worked as a sailor after excaping slavery and died at the Boston Massacre. | Crispus Attucks |
| A law passed by Parliament in 1767, proposed by finance minister Charles Townshend, that suspended the N.Y. assembly until they housed troops and placed duties on glass, paper, paint, lead, tea, etc. Tax paid for British officials in the colonies. | Townshend Acts |
| Search warrants used by British officials to enter homes/businesses to find smuggled goods. Used to enforce the Townshend acts. | writs of assistance |
| A leader of the Sons of Liberty who urged others to resist Britain and he staged protests and boycotts. | Samuel Adams |
| A fight on March 5, 1770 where British soldiers fired upon colonists in self-defense and was used in anti-British propaganda. | Boston Massacre |
| A cousin of Sam Adams and a lawyer who defend the British soldiers of the Boston Massacre - "the law should be deaf to the clamors of the populace". | John Adams |
| Groups in Massachusetts that reported colonial affairs in letters - committees were formed in other colonies. | committee of correspondence |
| A Tea Act protest in Boston by the Sons of Liberty - tea from three ships were dumped into harbor - 342 chests. | Boston Tea Party |
| Force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community. | militia |
| A name for militia that were "ready to fight within a minute's notice". Many Minutemen in the colonies. | Minutemen |
| Laws passed by Parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston Tea Party-Coercive Acts. Boston port was closed until tea was paid for, committees of correspondence banned, Gen. Thomas Gage Mass. governor, Brit. officials go trial in Britain if accused. | Intolerable Acts |
| Sept. 1774 delegates of all colonies but Georgia met in Phil. - ban Britain trade until Int. Acts repealed - train troops. The delegates uphold colonial rights. | First Continental Congress |
| A Boston silversmith who spread the alarm for the Brit. attack on April 18, 1775. Captured after Lexington by Brit. patrol. | Paul Revere |
| First battles of the Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775. | Lexington and Concord |
| Colonists who supported Britain. | Loyalist |
| Colonists who supported rebellion. | Patriot |
| The leader of the Green Mountain Boys who captured Ft. Ticonderoga and its artillery - moved to Boston. | Ethan Allen |
| Cannons, large guns. | artillery |
| A meeting in Phil. on May 10, 1775 that formed the Continental Army and authorized paper money to pay the troops. | Second Continental Congress |
| The American Revolutionary Army with George Washington as commanding general. | Continental Army |
| An officer from Ft. Ticonderoga's capture who led an expedition to Quebec in Nov.1775 but he failed to win. | Benedict Arnold |
| A document that proclaimed American independence and stated the reasons for revolution. | Declaration of Independence |
| The writer of the Declaration of Independence who came from Virginia and was a good writer. | Thomas Jefferson |
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