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The Colonists Rebel
Vocab terms
Question | Answer |
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Boston Massacre | The event in 1770 when British soldiers panicked and killed five colonists. |
Committee of Correspondence | These were formed to speed up communication between the colonies so that they could work together to resist British taxes |
Tea Act | A law that forced the colonists to by tea from the East India company and to submit to British authority. |
Boston Tea Party | Sons of Liberty dress as Mohawk Indidans and dump British tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of the Tea Act. |
Intolerable Acts | British response to the Tea Party: closed Boston Harbor to all trade until tea was paid for, Thomas Gage replaces MA elected Governor, colonists are forced to feed and house the soldiers sent back to Boston. |
First Continental Congress | A meeting of representative from 12 of the colonies in Phila. to determine how to respond to the Intolerable Acts. |
Militia | Volunteer Armies |
Minute Men | soldiers who could be ready to fight in a minute's notice to fight for their colony |