Revolution Vocabulary
"To refuse to have dealings with a person, country, or group"
What is Boycott?
"The act of taxing, or charging people for public and government services"
What is Taxation?
"Objects or goods carried in a ship or some other form of transportation"
What is Cargo?
"To say or do something in return"
The Proclamation of 1763 ordered all settlers to leave ___________?
What is the Ohio Valley?
"To allow something to happen"
What is Tolerate?
"To remove something, especially a law"
What is Repeal?
"A tax placed on goods brought into a certain place"
What is a Duty?
"To join together as a group or whole"
What is Unify?
In 1770, a group of people threw stones and snowballs at a group of British soldiers. The soldiers shot into the crowd, killing and wounding several colonists. This became known as the _________________.
What is the Boston Massacre?
"Anger"
What is Outrage?
"Two or more groups or things connected in some way"
What is a relationship?
"A part of a country or region"
What is a Province?
"The act of giving up on something"
What is Submission?
A group of colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians boarded a ship carrying tea on the night of December 16th, 1773. They dumped more than 300 chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. This became known as the ______________________.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
"The act of opposing something"
What is Resistance?
"Having to do with money"
What is Finance?
"A formal meeting called for a special purpose"
What is a Convention?
"A group of men trained to be soldiers and who agreed to meet at a minute's notice"
What are Minutemen?
The British fought a small group of American minutemen at _________ and _______ in 1775. Many were injured or killed.
What is Lexington and Concord?
"To cover persons with tar and then with feathers in order to punish them"
What is Tar and Feather?
"Money gained from something"
What is Revenue?
"A company that sells or buys the same goods or services as another company"
What is a Competitor?
"Someone who loves his or her own country"
What is a Patriot?
The First Continental Congress met in 1774 and wrote the ____________________.
What is the Declaration of Rights?