Paulson 8 Vocabulary August 26-30, 2019

American Revolutionary leader and patriot, Founder of the Sons of Liberty; signed the Declaration of Independence

Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies (1765).

(1764) British Parliament (deeply in debt partly to French & Indian War) placed a tariff on sugar, coffee, wines, molasses and other items.

A free black man who was the first person killed in the Revolution at the Boston Massacre.

Permission to do something.

Brought in from another country.

Open defiance of authority.

A small booklet or leaflet containing information or arguments about a single subject.

Series of laws passed in 1774 to punish Boston for the Tea Party.

Delegates from all colonies except Georgia met to discuss problems with Britain and to promote independence.

A group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies.

Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight in sixty seconds.

American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming.

Site of the first battles of the Revolutionary War.

Someone who knows and practices government ideas.