Chapter 4 – The American Revolution Vocabulary Terms

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Who was the Boston leader who believed Parliament could not tax the colonists without their permission?

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Samuel Adams

Front

What was the method of communication between towns and colonies about British laws?

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Committees of Correspondence

Front

What required colonists to pay for an official stamp when buying paper items?

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The Stamp Act

Front

Who was the female colonist writer who urged a boycott of British goods and helped organize the Committees of Correspondence?

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Mercy Otis Warren

Front

The shooting by British soldiers that killed five colonists was called:

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The Boston Massacre

Front

The act allowing a British company to sell cheap tea to the colonists was known as:

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The Tea Act

Front

The protest in which colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped 340 tea chests from British ships into Boston Harbor is known as:

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The Boston Tea Party

Front

The laws passed to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party were called:

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The Intolerable Acts

Front

What was one of the Intolerable Acts that required colonists to provide room in their homes for British soldiers?

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The Quartering Act

Front

The gathering of colonial leaders who were deeply troubled about the relationship between Great Britain and its colonies in America was known as:

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The First Continental Congress