Quizlet social studies ch. 5

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  1. 2nd Continental Congress: a meeting of colonis to duscuss tension between British and colonies
  2. Anglican church: 1758- Church of GA
  3. apprentice: followed a craftsman's instrucions to learn how to do a certain job
  4. Articles of Confederation: 1st US Constitution
  5. Battle of Kettle Creek: turning point of war in GA
  6. Battle of Yorktown: clarke took Augusta from British
  7. Boston Massacre: soldiers fired at citizens because they threw snowballs at them
  8. Boston Tea Party: patriots dressed as Mowhawk Indians dumped tea into Boston Bay
  9. boycott: a protest where people refuse to buy certain items
  10. Clarke: leader Ga militia
  11. Common Sense: pamphlet by Payne
  12. crackers: undesirable people
  13. Dabney: mulatto who saved Clarke's life
  14. Declaration of Independence: stated freedom of colonies from British rule
  15. education: only boys can attend school
  16. effigy: a likeness
  17. French and Indian War: France and Great Britain over Ohio RIver Valley area
  18. Gazzette: GA's only newspaper
  19. Hall, Walton, and Gwinnett: GA signers of Declaration of Independence
  20. Hart: only women who has a county named after her in Georgia
  21. Intolerable Acts: 4 laws by Parliament
  22. Jones: speaker for colonial assembly
  23. Liberty Boys: a group who opposed Stamp Act
  24. May 1777: adopted 1st state constitution
  25. Middle Colonies: middle colonies (NY) "breadbasket colony"
  26. Navigation Act: colonies only ship goods on British vessels
  27. New England Colonies: northern colonies
  28. parish: church and British government district
  29. Proclamation of 1763: can't settle west of Appalachians
  30. proprietary colony: governed by a trustees
  31. Puritans: a group of people who broke away from the Church of England
  32. Quartering Acts: citizens had to house soldiers at their own expense
  33. ratify: approve
  34. REW: Reynolds, Ellis, Ohio
  35. royal colony: governed by the king
  36. siege: soldier wait a city out
  37. Southern Colonies: includes Georgia
  38. Stamp Act: a tax on printed documents
  39. Sugar Act: a tax on sugar and molasses
  40. tariffs: tax on imported goods
  41. Tories: loyal to king of England
  42. Townsend Acts: import taxs on tea paper glass and paint coloring
  43. transportation: slow; didn't stray far from town
  44. Treaty of paris #1: 1763- formally ended the war
  45. Washington: warned French Ohio Valley wasn't theirs
  46. whigs: citizens ready to break ties with Britain