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Chapter 6 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the british monarch | King GeorgeIII |
| was a cost saving measure that required the colonies to quarter, or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies | Quartering act |
| income | Revenue |
| place tax on sugar, molasses, and other products 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 |
| a member of the virginia house of burgesses | Patrick henry |
| refusal to buy | Boycott |
| many of them were lawyers, craftspeople, andmerchants | Sons of Liberty |
| led the Green Mountain Boys | Ethan Allen |
| cannons and large guns | Artillery |
| began a meeting in Philadelphia | 2nd Continental Congress |
| a colonial force authorized by the 2nd continental congress in 1755, with george washington as commander general | Continental Army |
| 1 of the leaders of a expidition | Benedict Arnold |
| the document/ written in 1756,in which the colonies declared independence from britain | Declaration of Independence |
| he wrote th declaration of independence | Thomas jefferson |
| son of a african american father and a native american mother, was born into slavery | Crispus Attucks |
| put taxes on varios goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea | Townshemd Acts |
| search warrents, to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods | Writs of Assistance |
| A leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty | Samuel Adams |
| British soldiers shot at 8 colonist | Boston Massacre |
| defended the British soldiers in court | John Adams |
| exchanged letters on colonial affairs | Committee of Correspondence |
| protest against the tea act | Boston Tea Party |
| a group of men | Militia |
| militia men ready to fight in the army | Minutemen |
| to punish Massachussetts for the Boston Tea Party | Intolerable Acts |
| baned all trades with Britain until the Intolerable Acts was repealed. | 1st Continental Congress |
| A Boston silversmith, and a 2nd messager | Paul Revere |
| were the 1st battles of the revolutionary wars | Lexington and Concord |
| supported the British | Loyalist |
| the rebels | Patriots |