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Ch.6 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The British Monarch | King George III |
| Cost saving measure, made by Parliament, that required Colonies to house soldiers | The Quartering Act |
| income | Revenue |
| 1764, placed a tax on shippment into the colonies | Sugar Act |
| 1765 required that all legal and commercial documents to carry "tax" stamps | Stamp Act |
| member of the Virginia House of Burgesses who wanted to resist the stamp taxing | Patrick Henry |
| refusal to buy | boycott |
| Secret society who opposed British policies. were both peaceful and not peaceful | Sons Of Liberty |
| suspended New York's assembly, placed import taxes on various goods | Townshend Acts |
| search warrants | writs of Assistance |
| leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty. told colonists to continue to resist the taxes | Samuel Adams |
| March 5, 1770 5 men were killed in a fight against workers and soldiers | Boston Massacre |
| lawyer who defended the soldiers in Court | John Adams |
| exchanged letters to colonial affairs | committees of correspondence |
| December 16, 1773 Sons of Liberty dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Harbor | Boston Tea Party |
| armed civillians that pledged to defend their Communities | militia |
| were militia soldiers who could be ready in a minutes notice | Minutemen |
| was the only African American killed in the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks |
| Closed the Port of Boston until the tea was payed for from the boston tea party, allowed britain to house troops whenever, banned the committees of correspondence | Intolerable Acts |
| September 1774 delegates from all the colonies except Georgia, organized militias and banned all trade with Britain | First Continental Congress |
| A boston Silversmith, and a messenger to know when the British were coming | Paul Revere |
| the first battles of the Revolutionay War | Lexington and Concord |
| were loyal to Britain and King George III | Loyalists |
| sided with the rebels | Patriots |
| led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga | Ethan Allen |
| cannon and large guns | artillery |
| May 10 met in Philadelphia Agreed to form Continental Ar | Second Continental Congress |
| George Washington was commanding officer | Continental Army |
| An officer who played a rule in the capturing of Fort Ticonderoga and Quebec | Benedict Arnold |
| declared the 13 colonies independence from Britain | Declaration of Independence |
| Composed most of the Declaration | Thomas Jefferson |