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ch 6 vocab js
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| king george 3 | british monarch |
| quatering act | colonies had to let soliders stay and provide them with supplies |
| revenue | to meet its expenses |
| sugar act | this placed tax on sugar, molasses and other productsshipped to the colonies |
| stamp act | this required all legal and commerical doucments to carry a stamp |
| patrick henery | a member of virgina's house of burgesses |
| boycott | a refusal to buy goods |
| sons of liberty | secret societies to oppose british policies |
| cripus attucks | a slave who escaped and went out to sea and was killed in the boton massacre |
| townshed act | suspended new yorkers assembly until they agreed to let soliders in their homes |
| writs of assistance | searc warrants |
| sameul adams | a leader of the boston sons of liberty |
| boston masscre | where attuck and 4 other people where killed |
| john adams | lawyer and cousin of sameul adams |
| committiees of correspondence | sameul adams started a drive for the cause of liberty |
| boston tea party | where colonists dumped tea into the docks |
| militia | a force of armed civilivians |
| minutemen | people ready to act in minutes |
| intorable acts | a seris of laws to punnish massachusetts |
| first continental congress | delgates voted to ban all trade with britian until the intorable act were repelled |
| pual revere | a boston sliversmith, and a 2 messanger |
| lexington and concord | were the 1st battles of the revolutionary war |
| loyalist | those who supported britian |
| patriots | thse who sided with the rebels |
| ethan allen | led the green mountain boys |
| artillery | big guns and cannons |
| 2nd continental congress | a meeting in philadelphia |
| contintental army | a colonional force fromed by the 2nd continnetal congress |
| benedict arnold | he was an officer who had played a role in the victoryat fort ticonderoga |
| declartion of independence | the document , written in 1776 in which the colonies declared independence from britian |
| thomas jefferson | he composed the declartion of independence |