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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| King George lll | a British monarch , wanted to enforce the proclamation and also keep peace with Britain's Native American allies. |
| Quartering Act | a law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers. |
| revenue | income a government collects to cover expenses. |
| Sugar Act | a law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies ; also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. |
| Stamp Act | 1765 a law passed by parliament that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax has been paid. |
| Patrick Henry | a member of Virginia's house of Burgesses called for resistance to the tax. |
| boycott | a refusal to buy certain goods |
| Sons of Liberty | a group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution. |
| Crispus Attucks | the son of an African-American father and a Native American ,Attucks was born into slavery in Framingham, Massachusetts, around 1723. |
| Townshend Acts | a series of laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly and established taxes on goods brought into the British Colonies. |
| writs of assistance | a search warrant that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods |
| Samuel Adams | a leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty. |
| Boston Massacre | a clash between British soliders and Boston colonists , including Crispus Attucks, were killed. |
| John Adams | a lawyer and cousin of Samuel Adams. |
| committee of correspondence | a group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters on colonial affairs. |
| Boston Tea Party | the dumping of 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the tea act. |
| militia | a force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community during the American Revolution ; an emergency military force that is not part of the regular army. |
| Minutemen | a member of the colonial militia who was trained to respond " at a minute's warning." |
| Intolerable Acts | a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston tea Party. |
| First Continental Congress | a meeting of delegates in 1774 from all the colonies execpt Georgia to uphold colonial rights. |
| Paul Revere | a Boston silversmith, and a second messenger , William Dawes were charged with spreading the news about the British troops movement. |
| Lexington and Concord | sites in Massachuetts of the first battles of the American Revolution. |
| Loyalist | an American colonist who supported the British in the American Revolution. |
| patroit | an American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution |
| Ethan Allen | led this band of backwoodsmen known as the Green Mountain Boys. |
| artillery | a cannon or large gun |
| Second Continental Congress | a governing body whose delegates agreed, in May 1775, to form the Continental Army and to approve the Declaration of Independence |
| Continental Army | a colonial force authororized by the second continential congress in 1775, with George Washington as its commanding general |
| Benedict Arnold | an officer who had played a role in the victory at Fort Ticonderoga. |
| Declaration of Independence | the document , writen in 1776, in which the colonies declared independence from Britian. |
| Thomas Jefferson | part of the committee ; declaration of Indepence |
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