Ms. Oropallo: NJ Ch. 5 Review
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 delegates | representatives |
| tax | money that a government collects from its people |
| import | bringing in goods from one country to sell in another |
| boycott | to refuse to buy, sell, or use |
| repeal | to cancel |
| Lexington and Concord | the first two battles of the Revolutionary War |
| First Continental Congress | first group to meet and write letters to King George III |
| Second Continental Congress | this group met and created the Continental Army, navy, and postal service |
| signed the Declaration of Independence | John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, John Hart |
| Declaration of Rights | the list of complaints the First Continental Congress send to King George III. |
| minutemen | Boston militia that could be ready for battle in 60 seconds |
| Townshend Acts | document that taxed lead, paint, and tea |
| treason | to betray your own country |
| Parliament | Britain's law-making body of government |
| George Washington | leader of the Continental Army |
| William Franklin | Loyalist & governor of NJ, who disagreed with his father Ben Franklin |
| Stamp Act | document that taxed paper goods, like newspapers |
| Intolerable Acts | a set of laws and taxes Britain passed to punish the colonies after the Boston Tea Party |
| Quartering Act | allowed British troops to live in colonists' homes |
| Declaration of Independence | established the United States of America as a free and independent country |
| Patriot | a colonist who felt the colonies should break away from Britain. Patriots wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Loyalist | a colonist who felt the colonies would be better off staying with Britain because Britain was too powerful |
| July 4, 1776 | The Declaration of Independence was signed |
| Independence Hall in Philadelphia, PA | where the Declaration of Independence was signed |
| Thomas Jefferson | Wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| No taxation without representation! | The saying that the colonists used to explain why they were angry with Britain |
| Boston Tea Party | Dressed as Native Americans, colonists went on British ships and dumped all of the tea into Boston Harbor to ruin it. Colonists also tarred and feathered tax collectors to embarrass and hurt them. |
| John Hancock | first person to sign the Declaration of Independence |
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