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Chapter 6 Section 3

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Minutemen   group of armed civilians trained to be ready to fight "at a minutes warning"  
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Intolerable Acts   series of laws known in Britain as the Coercive Acts, meant to punish Massachusetts and clamp down on resistance in other countries.  
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First Continental Congress   delegates voted to ban all trade with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were replaced  
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Paul Revere   Boston silversmith who rode into the countryside to spread news of British troop movements  
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Lexington and Concord   first battles of the Revolutionary War  
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Loyalists   American who supported the British  
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Patriots   Americans who sided with the rebels  
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militia   a force of armed civilians who pledged to defend their community  
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Why did Britain pass the Intolerable Acts?   In 1774, Parliament passed a series of laws to punish the Massachusetts colony after the Boston Tea Party  
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How did the colonies respond to the Intolerable Acts?   They appointed General Thomas Gage and they boycotted  
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How did British control begin to slip?   The colonists started to take control and the colonists fought back and protested on the acts  
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Why did General Gage send troops to Lexington and Concord?   He sent 700 soldiers to find weapons and to arrest the two patriots leaders.  
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What democratic traditions were threatened by Parliaments policies?   Town meetings and replacing the elected council. Also increased the governors power over the colonists.  
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Why did Americans have to choose to be either a Patriot or a Loyalist at this time?   Americans had to choose which side they wanted to support. The Patriots wanted to break away from Britain rule and the Loyalists wanted to stay under Britain.  
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