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SSch6vocab Brady b.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| British monarch who wanted to enforce proclamation | King George III |
| Cost saving measure that required colonies to quarter, or house, British soldiers | Quartering Act |
| Income that is needed to meet the expenses | Revenue |
| Placed tax on sugar, molasses, and other such products that were shipped to the colonies | Sugar Act |
| Required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid | Stamp Act |
| Member of Virginia’s House of Burgesses, who called for resistance to the Stamp Act | Patrick Henry |
| Refusal to buy certain products | Boycott |
| One of the most famous societies that opposed British policies | Sons of Liberty |
| African American who escaped slavery and then became a famous sailor | Crispus Attucks |
| Put in so the British had a way a way to raise a lot of revenue in the colonies | Townshend Acts |
| Search warrants that allowed British officers to enter homes looking for smuggled goods | BritishWrits of assistance |
| Main force behind the protest of the Townshend Acts | Samuel Adams |
| British monarch who wanted to enforce proclamation | King George III |
| Cost saving measure that required colonies to quarter, or house, British soldiers | Quartering Act |
| Income that is needed to meet the expenses | Revenue |
| Placed tax on sugar, molasses, and other such products that were shipped to the colonies | Sugar Act |
| Required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid | Stamp Act |
| Member of Virginia’s House of Burgesses, who called for resistance to the Stamp Act | Patrick Henry |
| Refusal to buy certain products | Boycott |
| One of the most famous societies that opposed British policies | Sons of Liberty |
| African American who escaped slavery and then became a famous sailor | Crispus Attucks |
| Put in so the British had a way a way to raise a lot of revenue in the colonies | Townshend Acts |
| Search warrants that allowed British officers to enter homes looking for smuggled goods | British Writs of assistance |
| Main force behind the protest of the Townshend Acts | Samuel Adams |
| force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community | militia |
| A colonist who could be ready at a minute's notice | minuteman |
| Laws passed by Mass. for the Boston Tea Party | Intolerable Acts |
| Metting to decide what to do about problems with Britain | First Continental Congress |
| A patriot who helped warn colonists about British movements | Paul Revere |
| first battles of the revolutionary war | Lexington and Concord |
| a colonist who was loyal to Britain | Loyalist |
| a colonist who supported the colonial rebels | Patriot |
| Leader of Green Mountain Boys | Ethan Allen |
| connon and large guns | artillery |
| meeting held in Philadelphia in 1775 | Second Continetal Congress |
| name of American army | Continental Army |
| colonial leader who played a part in the victory at Fort Ticonderoga | Benedict Arnold |
| document that declared the colonists independent | Declaration of Independence |
| Writer of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |