5th history lesson 1 and 2
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20 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 alliance | a formal agreement among groups or individuals |
| delegate | a representative |
| Parliament | the lawmaking branch of the British goverment |
| proclamation | a public announcement |
| budget | a plan for spending money |
| Benjamin Franklin | american leader and delegate to the Constitutional convention |
| George Washington | First President of the united states and leader of the continental army during the revolutionary war |
| King George 3 | King of britain during the revolutionary war |
| representation | to have someone speak or act for you |
| treason | the act of working againest ones own goverment |
| congress | a formal meeting of goverment representatives |
| boycott | to refuse to buy or use goods or services |
| repeal | to cancel or undo a law |
| imperial policy | laws and orders issuded by the british goverment |
| protest | to work in policy againest object to a certa |
| Mercy Otis Warren | massachusetts colonist who wrote poems and plays supporting the Patriot cause |
| Patrick Henry | Virgina leader who spoke againest british policies and later opposed the constitution |
| Samuel Adams | american revolutionary leader who set up a commitee of correspondance in boston and helped formthe sons of liberty |
| Crispus Attucks | African american sailor who was killed during the boston massacre |
| Paul Revere | Massachusetts colonist who warned the Patriots that the british were marching toward concord |
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