Chapter 11 Flashcards
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Town Meeting | A government of only men from the town by an assembly of the qualified voters |
| militia | civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army |
| delegate | A male member of the assembly |
| John Peter Zenger | A New York editor whose trial for seditious libel backfired on the government; the jury found that truth was a defense for libel. |
| assembly | a public facility to meet for open discussion of only men |
| Phillis Wheatley | American poet (born in Africa) who was the first recognized Black writer in America (1753-1784) |
| Andrew Hamilton | Defense attorney in the Zenger case who made the first step toward freedom of the press |
| liberty | freedom of choice |
| rebel | a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) |
| stamp act | an act passed by the British parliment in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents |
| treason | an act of deliberate betrayal |
| sons of liberty | Secret societies formed to protest new taxes passed by Parliament. Led the Boston Tea Party and threatened tax collectors. |
| repeal | the act of abrogating |
| townshed acts | taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea. taxes were low but colonists still objected |
| boycott | a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies |
| commities of correspondance | made sure that each colonie knew about events and opinions in the other colonies |
| boston tea party | demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor |
| intolerable acts | A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British |
| patrick henry | a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799) |
| crispus attucks | Killed in Boston Massacre, black laborer, only African-American person killed in Boston Massacre |
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