August 20-24 Vocabulary
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- Q1to continue despite difficultypersist30s
- Q2An overthrow and replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed.revolution30s
- Q3Legal document that enabled officers to search colonial homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled.writs of assistance30s
- Q4An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them; five colonists were killed.Boston Massacre (1770)30s
- Q5Colonial response to the Tea Act; 30-130 colonists - dressed as indians - boarded British ships and dumped the tea into Boston Harbor.Boston Tea Party (1773)30s
- Q6Series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston residents for the Tea Party.Intolerable Acts30s
- Q7An organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies.committee of correspondence30s
- Q8A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. The Sons leaders included Samuel Adams and Paul Revere.Sons of Liberty30s
- Q9British soldiers who fought against the colonists in the American Revolution; so called because of their bright red uniforms.redcoats30s
- Q10A group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies.boycott30s
- Q11A critical or explanatory note or comment, especially for a literary work.annotation30s
- Q12A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.colony30s
- Q13A summary based on evidence or facts.conclusion30s
- Q14A short piece of writing on a particular subject.essay30s
- Q15Able to recover quickly.resilient30s