vocabulary
the killing of many peopl
what is a massacre?
Placed a tax on tea, coffee, and cloth. Colonists smuggled these items in order not to pay the tax.
This occurred on March 5th, 1770 in Boston.
what is the Boston Massacre?
he was the King of England during the American Revolution
who is King George III?
people who were loyal to the king
what is a loyalist?
someone chosen to speak and act for others
what is a delegate?
Placed a tax on tea and only allowed certain merchants to sell the tea. Gave the East India Company a monopoly.
This occurred on December 16th, 1773.
what is the Boston Tea Party?
he formed the Sons of Liberty to protest the Stamp Act
who is Samuel Adams?
a colonist who opposed British rule
to cancel a law
what is repeal?
Required colonists to provide food and shelter to soldiers in the colonies.
what is the Quartering Act of 1765?
this occurred on April 19th, 1775.
what is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
Group formed to protest the Stamp Act. At times would become violent in their actions.
who are the Sons of Liberty?
a written request from a number of people
what is a petition?
a refusal to buy, sell, or use goods
what is a boycott?
Placed a tax on tea, paper, glass, lead, and paints. Colonists boycotted the goods and the Daughters of Liberty were formed.
what is the Townshend Acts of 1767?
British troops fired into a "peaceful" protest by colonists throwing rocks, snowballs, and yelling fire at the soldiers.
what is the Boston Massacre?
They formed to protest the buying, selling, and using of goods. They would make their own cloth instead of buying British cloth.
getting rid of one government to replace it completely with another
what is revolution?
to give people food and shelter
what is quarter?
Laws following the Boston Tea Party. Closed Boston Harbor stopping trade, gave Britain total control of MA colony, and colonists had to provide food and housing to soldiers.
what are the Coercive Acts of 1774 or Intolerable Acts?
colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and boarded 3 ships, the Eleanor, the Dartmouth, and the Beaver, dumping tea into the harbor.
what is the Boston Tea Party?
They met in 1765 in response to the Stamp Act. They decided that only colonial governments should tax the colonies.
what was the Stamp Act Congress?
the crime of fighting one's own government
what is treason?