Term | Definition |
King George III | The british Monarch |
Quartering Act | A British cost-saving plan to make the colonies house supplies for the British Army. |
Revenue | Income |
Sugar act | The act that was passed to place taxes on sugar, molasses, and other things going to the colonies. |
Stamp act | A stamp legally required to be on all commercial documents and bills. |
Patrick Henry | A member of virginia's House of Burgesses. |
Boycott | A refusal to buy. |
Sons of Liberty | People such as craftspeople, merchants, and lawyers. |
Crispus Attucks | A man forced into slavery, who ran awy to sea, where he spent 20 years of his life and then killed in the Boston massacre. |
Townshend Acts | An Act (from Charles Townshend)that told the parilament to raise revenue in the colonies. |
Writs of assistance | (search Warrants) |
Samuel Adams | A leader of the Sons Of Liberty. |
Boston Massacre | When British soliders killed Inisent people in a bloody massacre. |
John Adams | A cousin of Samuel Adams.A lawyer who defended the redcoats, completely turning on his cousin. |
commitee of correspondence | Groups in Massachussets that exchanged letters about colonial affairs. |
Boston Tea Party | When the sons of liberty threw tea overboad to get the British angry. |
Militia | A force of Armed civilians pleged to defend thier community. |
Minuteman | Men in the Militia that were supposed to be able to fight in minutes from just a warning. |
Intolerable Acts | An act set to punish the people of Massachsetts to warn other colonies. |
First Continental Congress | A time when patriots decided to stop all trade with Britain until the Intolarable acts stopped. |
Paul Revere | A boston Silversmith, who carried the word that the British were coming. |
Lexington and concord | Militia fights the British troops;Continental Army Established. |
Loyalist | Someone who supported the British. |
Patriot | Someone who supported the People who hated the British and wanted them gone. |