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Chapter 6 Vocabulary
American History
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8th Grade
08/20/2011

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King George III
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 British moarch who reigned during the American Revolution
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Quartering Act
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act requiring the colonists to quarter, or house, British soldiers and provide them with supplies
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Sugar Act
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law placing a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies
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Stamp Act
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law requiring all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax has been paid
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Patrick Henry
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member of Virginia's House of Burgesses
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Sons of Liberty
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secret society formed to opposed British policies
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Speculate
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to buy as an investment
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Boycott
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refusal to buy
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Proclamation of 1763
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British proclamation that forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
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Crispus Attucks
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sailor of African-American and Native American ancestry who died at the Boston Massacre
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Boston Massacre
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incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonist
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Townshend Acts
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acts passed by Parliament in 1767 to tax imports in the colonies
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writs of assistence
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search warrants used to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods
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Daughters of Liberty
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organization of colonial women formed to protest British policies
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Samuel Adams
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leader od the Boston Sons of Liberty
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committee of correspondence
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organization formed to exchange information about British policies and American restistance
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Boston Tea Party
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incident in1773, when colonists protested British policies by boarding British ships and throwing thier cargoes of tea overboard
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duties
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taxes placed on imported goods
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John Adams
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lawyer who defended British soldiers accused of murder in the Boston Massacre
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Minutemen
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group of armed civillians, trained to be ready to fight "at a minute's warning"
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Intolerable Acts
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series of laws, known as the Coercive Acts, meant to punish Massachusettes and clamp down on resistance in other colonies
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First Continenal Congress
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meeting of delegates from most of the colonies, called in reaction to the Intolerable Acts
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Paul Revere
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Boston silversmith who rode into the countryside to spread news of British troop movement
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Lexington and Concord
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first battle of the Revolutionary War
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Loyalists
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Americans who supported the British
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Patriots
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Americans who sided with the rebels
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militia
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a force of armed civilians pledged to defend thier community
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Ethan Allen
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leader of a Patriot group of fighters known as the Green Mountain Boys
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Second Continental Congress
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America's government during the Revolutionary War
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Thomas Paine
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political radical and the author of Common Sense
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Declaration of Independence
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document that declared American independence from Britain
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Thomas Jefferson
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delegate from Virginia who wrote the Declaration of Independence
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siege
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when enemy forces surround a town or city in order to force in to surrender
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artiller
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cannons and large guns
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