SS Chapter 8 vocab Word Scramble
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Term | Definition |
Parliament | Britain’s law-making assembly |
Stamp Act | law passed by Parliament that taxed printed materials |
repeal | to cancel |
Sons of Liberty | group of Patriots, led by Samuel Adams, that led protests against the British |
Townshend Act | laws passed by Parliament that taxed imported goods |
tariff | tax on imported goods |
boycott | organized refusal to buy goods |
Daughters of Liberty | group of patriots who wove cloth, among other things, to replace boycotted British goods |
Boston Massacre | Event in which British soldiers killed 5 colonists |
Committee of Correspondence | Group of colonists formed to spread news throughout the colonies quickly |
Tea Act | Law passed by Parliament stating that only the East India Company could sell tea to the colonies |
Boston Tea Party | Protest against British taxes |
Intolerable Acts | Laws passed by Parliament to punish Boston for Boston Tea Party |
Patriots | American colonists who opposed British rule |
Loyalists | Colonists who remained faithful to Britain |
1st Continental Congress | Meeting of representatives from every colony to discuss actions to take in response to Intolerable Acts |
militia | Volunteer armies |
minutemen | Colonial militia groups that could be ready to fight at a minute’s notice |
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