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Chapter 6 Vocab.JH:)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| British monarch | King George III |
| Cost -saving measure that required the colonies to quarter, or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies. | Quatering Act |
| Needed more revenue, or Income, to meet expenses. | revenue |
| This law placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies. | Sugar Act |
| This law 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, called for resistance to the tax. | Patrick Henry |
| A refusal to buy. | boycott |
| A famous secret society, were lawyers, merchants, and craftspeople. | Sons of Liberty |
| A sailor(African-American) was an early hero of America's struggle for freedom. | Crispus Attucks |
| A new way to raise revenues. | Townshend Acts |
| Search warrants, to enter homes, or businesses to search for smuggled goods. | writs of assistance |
| A leader of The Sons of Liberty. | Samuel Adams |
| When British soldiers began firing at youths and dock-workers. Insulting the soldiers! | Boston Massacre |
| A lawyer and cousin of Samuel Adams, defended them in court. | John Adams |
| These groups exchanged letters on colonial affairs. | committee of correspondence |
| When the Sons of Liberty destroyed 342 chests of tea. | Boston Tea Party |
| A force of armed civilians pledged to defend their commmunity. | militia |
| Trained to be "ready to act at a minute's warning". | Minuteman |
| In 1774, Parliament passed a series of laws to punish the Massachusetts colony and to serve as a warning to other colonies. | Intolerable Acts |
| In September 1774, delegates voted to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. | First Continental Congress |
| A Boston silversmith, and a second messenger. | Paul Revere |
| These were the first battles of the Revolution War. | Lexington and Concord |
| Those who supported the British were known as... | Loyalist |
| Those who supported the rebels were known as... | Patriot |
| Led a band of backwoodsmen known as the Green Mountain Boys. | Ethan Allen |
| Cannons and large guns. | artillery |
| When delegates met on May 10th, and decided to form the Continental Army. | Second Continental Congress |
| Washington was the commander of this army of war. | Continental Army |
| He was an officer who would help invade Quebec. | Benedict Arnold |
| It was a draft, to declare independence from Britain. | Declaration of Independence |
| Part of the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence. | Thomas Jefferson |
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