8.4 Flashcards
1
Q
Coerce
A
force
2
Q
Blockade
A
impede
3
Q
revolution
A
sudden, complete change of government
4
Q
monopoly
A
compete control of a good or surface in an area
5
Q
congress
A
formal meeting of representatives
6
Q
What caused colonists to take part in the Boston Tea Party?
A
The colonists didn’t like that colonial merchants couldn’t sell tea.
7
Q
Why’d the government pass the Coercive Acts?
A
They needed to punish the people that were part of the Boston Tea Party.
8
Q
Give 3 rights that were asked for in the petition.
A
The freedom of a new nation.
The life and liberty.
The allowance to do trial-by-jury.
