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Define words in Ch.6
Vocab Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| King George III | The British monarch who enforced the Proclamation of 1763. |
| Quartering Act | A British cost saving method that required colonists to "quarter", or house British troops and provide supplies. |
| Revenue | Income |
| Sugar Act | Placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped into the colonies. It also enforced harsh punishment to smugglers. |
| Stamp Act | Required legal and commercial documents to carry a stamp showing a tax had been paid.(Diplomas, Contracts, Wills,etc.) |
| Patrick Henry | A member of the Virginia house of Burgesses that called for a resistance to the Stamp Act. |
| Boycott | A refusal to buy, or make use of. |
| Sons of Liberty | The most famous secret society that opposed the British. |
| Crispus Attucks | An African American born into slavery, was killed in the Boston Massacre for his country. |
| Townshend Acts | An act by Englishmen, Charles Townshend to increase revenue in the colonies. 1. Suspended New York's Assemblies until they provide housing for troops. Import taxes in colonies. |
| Writs of Assistance | To enforce the Townshend Acts. These were search warrants to enter homes or business' to search for smuggled gods |
| Samuel Adams | One of the Adams cousins who led the October 1767 boycott of British goods. He was a leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty. Urged colonists to resist British controls. B |
| Boston Massacre | On March 5,1770, tension broke into British anger. They massacred a lot of people. Only Crispus Attucks and four other laborers were killed. The British who fired the shots were arrested for murder. |
| John Adams | A lawyer and cousins of Samuel Adams defended the redcoats that started the Boston Massacre. |
| Committees of Correspondence | Created by Samuel Adams, the committees of correspondence sent letters from committee to committee to keep each other updated on colonial affairs. |
| The Boston Tea Party | On the evening of December 16, 1773, a group of the Sons of Liberty disguised themselves as Native Americans and boarded three tea ships and dumped all the tea into the harbor. |
| Intolerable Acts | In 1774 Parliament issued acts to punish the Massachusetts colony and serve as a warning to others. 1. Close the port of Boston until colonists payed for the smuggled tea. 2. British officials accused of crimes stood trial in Britain. |
| Militia | A small force of armed civilians who pledged to defend their community. |
| Minutemen | The people in a militia. Ready to act in a minute. |
| First Continental Congress | A delegate meeting with representatives from all the colonies except Georgia. 1. Banned all trade with Britain until the Intolerable acts were repealed. 2.Each colony training troops. |
| Paul Revere | Spread news on the British troop movements."The British are coming" The Midnight Ride. |
| Lexington and Concord | The first battles of the Revolutionary War. |
| Loyalists | British supporting colonists. |
| Patriots | The colonists who supported liberty and freedom from Britain. |
| Ethen Allen | Led the Green Mountain Boys into the battle of Bunker Hill. |
| The Second Continental Congress | Created the Continental Army. Met in Philadelphia. |
| Artillery | Cannon and large guns. |
| Continental Army | Led by George Washington composed of the patriots. |
| Benedict Arnold | An officer who had played a role in the victory at fort Ticonderoga. |
| The Declaration of Independence | The document that declared America's freedom from Britain. |
| Thomas Jefferson | The writer of the Declaration of Independence. |
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