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Ch.6 Vocab JX
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| British monarch who wanted to enforce the Proclamation of 1763 and also keep peace with Britain's Native American allies. | King George III |
| Cost saving measure requring the colonies to house British soldiers. | Quartering Act |
| income | revenue |
| Law that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies. It also called for strict enforcement of the act and harsh punishment of smugglers. | Sugar Act |
| Law that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax had been paid. | Stamp Act |
| A member of the House of Burgesses who called for resistance to the tax. | Patrick Henry |
| Refusal to buy | boycott |
| A famous group including lawyeers, merchants, and crasftpeople who affected the Stamp Act a lot, attacking and protesting constantly. | Sons of Liberty |
| The son of an African-American father and a Native American mother who was born into slavery. He ran away, and changed his identity, later fighting for rights of freedom and liberty. | Crispus Attucks |
| Passed by Parliament in 1767, that suspended NY's assembly until NYers agreed to Quarter. | Townshend Acts |
| search warrants | writs of assistants |
| A leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty who protested against the Townshend Acts. | Samuel Adams |
| A fight that begain with a small arguement for freedom. This became an incident for anti-British propaganda in publishments. | Boston Massacre |
| A lawyer and cousin of Samuel Adams who defended protestors in court. | John Adams |
| Formed by Samuel Adams to make sure people would not forget the case of liberty. | committee of correspondence |
| An incident when colonists blocked tea ships from landing in the NY City and PH. A group of men snuck on board and destroyed many chests of tea. (1773) | Boston Tea Party |
| A force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community. | militia |
| Men in the militia "ready to act in a minute's warning." | Minuteman |
| Harsh laws passed by Parliament in 1774 to punish the MA colony and to serve as a warning to the other colonies. | Intolerable Acts |
| Delegates from colonies met together determined to uphold colonial rights. | First Continental Congress |
| A Boston silversmith who spread the news of British troops movement with William Dawes. | Paul Revere |
| The first battles of the revolutionary war. | Lexington and Concord |
| Those who supported the British. | Loyalist |
| Those who sided with the rebels. | Patriot |
| Led the Green Mountain Boys attacking Britain's forts. | Ethan Allen |
| cannon and large guns | artillery |
| Delegates meeting for the second time agreing to form the Continental Army. | Second Continental Congress |
| Commanded by George Washington to battles for the revolution. | Continental Army |
| A leader in the expedition to invade Quebec. He was an officer who had played a role in the victory at Fort Ticonderoga. | Benedict Arnold |
| Drafted by the committee in the Congress for the resolution of independence. | Declaration of Independence |
| Part of the committee, he composed the Declaration. | Thomas Jefferson |
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