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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what was the triangular trade? | a system in which goods and slaves were traded amoung the Americas, Britain, and Africa. |
| what was the signifigance of the great awakening? | it was a religous movement that swept through the colonies and changed colonial religion. |
| who was samuel adams? | a man who believed that parliament could not tax the colonists without their permission. |
| whats the meaning of the stamp act of 1765? | it required colonists to pay for an offical stamp ,or seal, when they bought paper items. |
| what does it mean to repeal? | this means to to take away or go against |
| what were the townshend acts? | these acts placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. |
| what was boycott? | it was when people refused to buy british goods, and soon spread through other colonies, but it first started in new york. |
| boston massacre | when a britiah soilder shoot a colonist, and soon samuel adams started propaganda and against the british. |
| boston tea party | when colonist disquised as indians dumped 340 tea chests into the boston harbor. |
| sons of liberty | under cover group that would protest against british. were known for feathering and tarring |
| intolerable acts | pinishment for the boston tea party |
| first continental congress 1774 | a gathering in the fall of people from different colonies. |
| battle of lexington concord | one of the 1st battles of the revolutionary war and it showed that america wasnt afraid to fight the shot heard from around the world |
| minute men | soliders that would respond in a minute. fought in the battle against the britsh and the battle of bunker hill. |
| second continental congress 1775 | formed continental army that fought aginst the british |
| battle of bunker hill | proved that the colonist could take on the british |
| common sense | written by thomas paine. was a 47 page phamplet that urged the separtion from great britain |
| thomas jefferson | a strong writer wrote the declaration of independence. |
| declaration of independence | written by thomas jefferson formally announced the colonies break from great britian |
| patriots | a group of colonists that chose to fight for independence |
| loyalists | a group of colonists that remained loyal to great britain |
| people"left out" of the declaration of independence | they were eiether slaves or |
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