Road To Revolution Flashcards

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Arsenal

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A collection of weapons

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Boycott

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Organized campaign to refuse to buy or use certain goods and services

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Duty

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Import tax

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Apprentice

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Someone who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a period of time

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George Washington

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The general who led the continental army during my the American Revolution

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Gentry

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Upper class - royal officials , wealthy farmers/ plantation owners, successful merchants

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Querrilla Warfare

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Using nature to your advantage to surprise your opponent

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Indentured servants

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Working on a debt with a contract to work for 4-10 years in exchange for passage to the colonies

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John Adams

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A colonist. Who Believes strongly in the law and defended British troops for the Boston Massacre

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Minutemen

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Farmers and others who could be prepared to fight in a minute or less

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Old North Church

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Used as a signal light “one if by land and two if by sea “

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Paul Revere

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One of the sons of Liberty at the Boston tea party

One that screamed “the red coats are coming “

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Propaganda

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Media created to convince someone of a particular point of view

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Repeal

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Take back a law

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Sons of Liberty

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Protested the tea act by dumping chests of tea into the Boston harbor

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Desert

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To leave , abandon like a person or organisation