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chapter 6 history

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King George 111 British monarch who resigned during the American revolution
Patrick Henry member of Virginia's house of Burgesses
sons of liberty secret society formed to oppose British policies
speculate to buy as an investment
boycott refusal to buy
why did the parliament passe new laws governing the colonies Britain owed massive debts from the french and Indian was so they made colonies pay with tax
issued many reforms to tighten the control of the American colonist British
quartering act act requiring the colonist to quarter, or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies
sugar act law placing tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies
stamp act law requiring all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax has been payed
Crispus Attucks sailor of African American and Native American ancestry who dies at the Boston massacre
Boston massacre incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonist -Crispus Attucks, 5 dead -Paul revere the silversmith -March 5, 1770 -John Adams - "fair trial" -Propaganda
townshend act acts passed by parliament in 1767 to tax import in the colonies
writs of assistance search warrants used to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods
daughters of liberty organizations of colonial women formed to protest British policies
Samuel Adams leaders of the sons of liberty
committee of correspondence organization formed to exchange information about British policies and American resistance
Boston tea party incident in 1773 when colonist protested British policies by boarding British ships and throwing their cargoes of tea overboard -December 16, 1773 -342 chests -East India Company; monopoly -smuggled for Holland -group of men disguised as Mohawk India
duties taxes placed on imported goods
John Adams lawyer who defended British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston massacre
Ethan Allen leader of a patriot group of fighters known as the green mountain boys
continental army Americas patriot army during the revolutionary war
second continental army Americas government during the revolutionary war
Thomas Paine political radical and the author of the common sense
declaration of independence 1.document the declared American independents from Britain. -July 4 1776 -philosophy of john Locke -Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Ben Franklin, and John Hancock -people have natural and unalienable rights -Philadelphia
Thomas Jefferson delegate from Virgina who wrote the declaration of independence
siege when enemy forces surround a town or city in order to force it to surrender
artillery cannon and large guns
minutemen group of armed civilians trained to be ready to fight "at a minutes warning
intolerable acts series of laws, know in Britain as the conceive acts, meant to punish Massachusetts and clamp down a resistance in other colonies
first continental congress meeting of delegates from most of the colonies called in reaction to the intolerable acts
Paul Revere Boston silversmith who rode into the countryside to spread news of British movement
Lexington and Concord first battles of the revolutionary war -April 19, 1775 -"shot heard around the world"by Ralph Waldo Emerson -Paul Revere and William Dawes on midnight run -70 Colonial militiamen (minutemen) -Redcoats and muskets
loyalist Americans who supported the British
patriot Americans who sided with the rebels
militia a force of armed civilians pledged to defend the community
Colonel Williams Prescott defended breeds hill and told his men "don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"
Richard Henry Lee introduced a resolution that called colonies "free and independent states"
Margaret Kemble Gage may have warned the colonies about British plan to march to Concord
where did the battle of bunker hill take place? June 17, 1775 in Charleston, Massachusetts
arsenal place where weapons are stored.
unalienable right unable to be taken away
three unalienable right in the DOI Life, Liberty, and Happiness
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