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Chapter 6 vocab JB
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The British Monarch that wanted to enforce the proclomation and also keep peace with Britain's Native American allies. | King George III |
| A law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers. | Quartering Act |
| Income a government collects to cover expenses. | revenue |
| A law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies; also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. | Sugar Act |
| A 1756 law passed by Parliament that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid. | Stamp Act |
| He was one of the member of The House of Burgesses and he called for resistance to the tax. | Patrick Henry |
| A refusal to buy certain goods. | boycott |
| The most famous boycott group. | Sons of Liberty |
| He was a sailor of African-American and Native American ancestry, was an early hero of America's struggle for freedom. | Crispus Attucks |
| A series of laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly and established taxes on goods and brought into the British colonies. | Townshend Acts |
| A search warrant that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods. | writs of assistance |
| He protested the Townshend Acts and he was the driving force behind it all. He was the leader to the Sons of Liberty. He urged colonists to continue to resist British controls. | Samuel Adams |
| A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists including Crispus Attucks, was killed. | Boston Massacre |
| He was the cousin of Sam Adams and a lawyer who defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. | John Adams |
| a group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters on colonial affairs. | Committee of Correspondence |
| The dumping of 342 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act. | Boston Tea Party |
| A force or armed civilians pledged to defend their community during the american revolution. | Militia |
| a member of the colonial militia who was trained to respond " at a minute's warning." | minuteman |
| a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. | Intolerable Acts |
| A meeting of delegates in 1774 from all colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial rights. | 1st Continental Congress |
| A patriot who helped warn colonists about British movements | Paul Revere |
| Sites of the first battles of the Revolutionary war | Lexington and Concord |
| an american colonist who supported the British in the american Revolution | Loyalists |
| An American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution | Patriot |
| Leader of Green Mountain Boys who helped to capture Fort Ticanderoga | Ethan Allen |
| a cannon or large gun | artillery |
| a governing body whose delegates agreed in May 1775, to form the Continental Army and to approve the DOI. | 2nd Continental Congress |
| a colonial force authorized by the 2nd continental congress in 1775, with George Washington as the commanding general | Continental army |
| Colonial leader who played a part in the victory at Fort Ticonderoga and who helped in a failed invasion of Canada | Benedict Arnold |
| Document written in 1776, in which colonists declared independence from Britain. | Declaration of Indepedence |
| he wrote the DOI. | Thomas Jeffereson |
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