History Vocab. Ch. 6 and 7
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all vocab. from ch. 6 and 7
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 king george III | king of england during the american revolution |
| quartering act | a law passed by parliament in 1765 that required colonists 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 | a 1765 law passed by parliament that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid |
| patrick henry | a member of the virginia house of burguesses who opposed british taxes |
| 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 | african american killed by british soldiers in the boston massacre |
| townshend acts | a series of laws passed by parliament in 1767 that suspended new yorks assembly and established taxes on goods brought into the british colonies |
| writs of assistance | a search warrent that allowed british officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods |
| samuel adams | founder of the sons of liberty |
| boston massacre | a clash between british soldiers and boston colonists in 1770, in which 5 of the colonists were killed incliding crispus attucks |
| john adams | a cousin of samuel adams and a lawyer who defended the british soldiers involved in the boston massacre |
| committee of correspondence | a group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters on coloninial 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 |
| minuteman | a member of the colonial militia who was trained to respond "at a minute's notice" |
| intolerable acts | a series of laws enacted by parliament in 1774 to punish massachusetts for the boston tea party |
| first continental congress | a meeting of delegates in 1774 from all the colonies except georgia to uphold colonial rights |
| paul revere | a patriot who helped warn the colonists about british movement |
| lexington and concord | sights in massachusetts of the first battles of the american revolution |
| loyalist | an american colonist who supported the british in the american revolution |
| patriot | an american colonist who sided with the rebels in the american revolution |
| ethan allen | leader of the green mountain boys who helped to capture fort ticonderoga |
| artillery | a cannon or large gun |
| second continental congress | a governing body whos delegates agreed in may 1775 to form the continental army and to approve the declaration of independence |
| continental army | a colonial force authorized by the 2nd continental congress in 1775 with george washington as its commanding general |
| benedict arnold | colonial leader who played a part in the victory at fort ticonderoga and who helped in a failed invasion of canada |
| declaration of independence | the document written in 1776 in which the colonies declared independence from britain |
| thomas jefferson | writer of the declaration of independence |
| george washington | the commander of the continental army |
| mercenary | a professional soldier hired to fight for a foreign country |
| strategy | an overall plan of action |
| rendezvous | a meeting |
| battles of saratoga | a series of conflicts between british soldiers and the continental army in 1777 that proved to be a turning point for the revolutionary war |
| ally | a country that agrees to help another country achieve a common goal |
| marquis de lafayette | a 19 year old frech nobleman who voluntered to serve in washingtons army |
| bayonet | a long steel knife attached to the end of a gun |
| desert | to leave military duty without intending to return |
| privateer | a privately owned ship that has government permission during wartime to attack an enemy's merchant ship |
| james forten | a 14 year old african american sailor who latter became famous for his efforts to end slavery |
| john paul jones | continental officer and commander of the bonhomme richard who won the most famous sea battle of the war |
| lord cornwallis | british general who led an army in camden south carolina |
| guerrillas | a soldier who weakens the enmy with surprise raids and hit and run attacks |
| pacifist | a person morally opposed to war |
| battle of yorktown | the last major battle of the revolutionary war, which resulted in the surrender of the british forces in 1781 |
| treaty of paris of 1783 | treaty that ended the revolutionary war, confirming the independence of the united sates and setting the boundaries of the new nation |
| republicanism | that belief that government should be based on the consent of the people, people exercise their power by voting for political representatives |
| elizabeth freeman | an african american woman who sued for her freedom in a massachusetts court and won |
| richard allen | an african american preacher who helped start the free african society and the african american methodist episcopal chirch |
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