vocab
a form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services
boycott
the british law that lowered the duty on molasses
sugar act
a british law requiring colonists to purchase a stamp of official document
stamp act
a smooth sloped hill made of glacial sediment
drumlin
Right a right that cannot be taken away
Unalienable
a tax on imports
the incident where british soldiers fired on locals
boston massacre
an american colonists who supported britain during the american revolution
loyalists
a human made land modification
earthwork
a set of british laws that replaced duties on tea glass paper lead and paint required colonists to purchase from britain
townshend acts
money that you receive
revenue
unjust rule by an absolute ruler
tyranny
an american colonial militia member who was ready to join in combat at a moment's notice
minutemen
the study of the process that shape earth's rocks and landforms
geology
a legal document giving authorities the right to enter and search homes
write of assistance
an objective or reason to complain
grievance
to cancel or nullify especially law
repeal
an american colonists who supported the right to govern for themselves
patriot
German soldiers hired by the British to fight during the American revolution
hessian
the british laws passed to punish the people of boston after the boston tea party
intolerable acts
groups of merchants shopkeepers and craftsman
sons of liberty
a law requiring colonists to stay east of a drawn line
proclamation of 1763
big guns that can fire over long distance
artillery
the shapes of landforms
the shape of landforms
the first of many continental congresses
first continental congress