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King George III British monarch, he wanted to enforce the proclamation and keep peace with Britian's native american allies.
Quartering Act A cost-saving measure that required the colonies to house British soldiers and provide them with supplies. Most troops were sent to New York.
Revenue Income
Sugar act Placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies. Also called for strict enforcement of the act and harsh punishment of smugglers.
Stamp Act Required all legal and commercial documents to carry an offical stamp showing a tax had been paid.
Patrick Henry A member of Virginia's House of Burgesses, called for resistance to the tax.
Boycott A refusal to buy products from a certain place.
Sons of Liberty Colonists that were most affected by the Stamp Act protested and burned any stamped paper they could find and attacked customs officials, whom they covered in hot tar and feathers and paraded in public. Many officials feared their own saftey and quit.
Crispus Attucks Born into slavery, he escaped by running to sea. He called himself Michael Johnson to avoid recapture. He wound up in Boston and was shot during the Boston Massacre.
Townshend Acts Suspended New York's assembly until they agreed to house troops, placed imported taxes on various goods brought to the colonies.
Writs of Assistance Seach Warrants that allowed them to enter homes, searching for smuggled goods. It helped enforce the Townshend Acts.
Samuel Adams Leader of the Sons of Liberty, urged colonists to continue resisting British controls.
Boston Massacre A fight broke out in front of the Custom House, and soldiers began firing, killing four laborers and Attucks.
John Adams Lawyer and cousin of Samuel Adams, defended them in court. He stated that the soldiers had acted in self-defense and the jury agreed.
Committees of Correspondence Exchanged letters on colonial affairs and spread throughout all of the colonies.
Boston Tea Party Sons of Liberty sent a group of men dressed as native americans whom boarded three tea ships and destroyed 342 chests of tea, causing many colonists to rejoice.
Militia A force of armed civilians pledged to defend their country. about 1/3 of Lexington's militia were minutemen.
Minutemen Trained to be ready to act at a minute's warning.
Intolerable Acts Closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the destroyed tea, banned committees of correspondence, let British officials house troops wherever necessary, let British officials accused of crimes in the colonies stand trial in Britian.
1st Continental Congress Delegates voted to ban all trade with Britian until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. Also called on each colony to begin training troops. Georgia agreed to be a part of the actions, even though it chose not to send delegates.
Paul Revere He had arranged a system of signals to alert Colonists in Charlestown. One lantern they were coming by land, two by sea. He spread the news about British troops movement.
Lexington and Concord Sites in Massachusetts of the first battle of the American Revolution.
Loyalists An American colonist who supported British in the American Revolution.
Patriot American colonist who sided with the Rebels in the American Revolution.
Ethan Allen He led a band of backwoodsmen known as the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga and its artillery.
Artillery A cannon or large gun.
Second Continental Congress May 10, 1775 began meeting in Philadelphia and agreed to form a Continental Army
Continental Army A colonized force authorized by 2nd Continental Congress with George Washington as its commanding general.
Benedict Arnold One of the officers to lead troops to attack Quebec. He also was an officer in the Ticonderoga victory.
Declaration of Independence A document written in 1776 in which the colonies declared independence from Britain.
Thomas Jefferson Person chosen to compose the Declaration of Independence because he was an excellent writerand he came from Virginia.
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