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chapter 6 vocab EC
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| King george III | Wanted to enforce the proclomation and keep peace with britian. |
| Quartering Act | Was a cost saving measure that required the colonies to quater or house solders with supplies. |
| Revenue | Income a government collects to cover expensive. |
| Sugar act | Placed a tax on sugar,molasses and other products shipped to colonies. |
| Stampact | Reguired all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax has been paid. |
| Patrick henrey | Called for a resistance to tax. |
| Boycott | A boycott is a refusal to buy goods. |
| Sons of librety | Sons of librety were lawyers merchants and crafts people. |
| Townshends act | Suspended new york assembly and established taxes on goods brought into british colonies. |
| Writs of assitance | Search warrents to enter homes or buisnesses to search for smuggle goods. |
| Samuel adams | A leader of the boston sons of librety. |
| Boston massacre | The attack of 5 other colonist. |
| John adams | Was a lawyer of cousins samuel adam defended them in court. |
| Committees of corresponding | Exchanged letters |
| Boston tea party | December 16,1773 A group of men disquised as native americans boarded 3 tea ships docked in the boston harbor. |
| militia | A force of armed civilian pledge to defend their community. |
| minuete man | Trained to be ready. Act at a minuets warning. |
| Intolerable acts | To punish massachuetts colonist for the boston tea party. |
| First continental congress | To ban all trade from britian. |
| Paul revere | Second messenger.............. took a mid night ride. |
| Lexington and concord | Were the first battles of the revolutionary war. |
| loyalist | People who supported british were loyalist |
| Patriots | Those who stayed with the rebels were patriots. |
| Ethan Allen | Lead the band of backwoods men. known as the green mountain boys |
| Second continental congress | Began meetings in philedelphia. |
| Continental army | A colonial force authorterize by second continetal congress. |
| Bendict Arnold | Was an officer who played a rold in the victory at fort. |
| Decloration of independence | The document written in 1776 in which colonies declared independence for britian. |
| Thomas jefferson | Was part of the writing of the decloration of independence |
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