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- 4. PH felt ________________ against the British soldiers.
- 8. The ______________ is the top minister or administrator in an area of government in the UK and some other governments, also in some universities and such in the US.
- 10. PH wanted the Tories in New York to understand that supporting the British taxes would be a _________ mistake.
- 11. The meeting of the Virginia House of Burgesses was ________________d by their British governor, as were assembly meetings in the other colonies.
- 15. Boston was essencially under ______________ when so many soldiers moved in.
- 16. Jefferson considered that the British moving so many troops into Boston was _____________ martial law, even if it wasn't declared to be so.
- 17. They went out to the _______________ to discuss what to do next.
- 18. When they decided to meet in a room at the college, PH and the others were not meeting as the House of Burgesses _______________, but stepped outside of what the law allowed and met anyway.
- 19. The colonists might not have minded ______________ British soldiers if the soldier were there to protect them rather than to control them.
- 20. The colonists tried to ________________ paying import duties by simply refusing to import goods from Britain.
- 21. Charles Townsend wanted New York to _______________ funds to house British soldiers, or he wouldn't let their assembly meet at all.
- 22. Patrick was wanted to present the ________________ at the trial because he could be so convincing.
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- 1. Before wrist watches, people often had their pocket watches on a __________ so that they couldn't fall out of their pocket and be lost.
- 2. The British brought in 2,000 _____________ soldiers to keep the peace in Boston, which had only 16,000 citizens at that time.
- 3. PH wondered what could _____________ the British to continue to escalate the conflict.
- 5. The colonists made tea out of what ever they could find growing since they were not going to buy anything imported by the British; they even made tea out of ______________ and catnip!
- 6. ____________________ was the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain and so was responsible to raising the revenue needed to fund the government.
- 7. A _________________ had been captured by two British warships because the owners wouldn't pay the import duties.
- 9. PH and the others have a plan to ____________ the new tax plan based on the law, but they also intend to boycott the taxed items.
- 12. The office of the ________________ is what the financial offices are called in the UK today; over here we call it the office of finance.
- 13. Thomas Jefferson received a gold fob when he graduated as ______________ from William and Mary College.
- 14. The colonists tried to _____________ themselves into believing that what they were drinking tasted like the tea that they were used to.
- 20. PH didn't want to _______________ the school by asking for permission to meet there; when they met without asking first, the school couldn't be held responsible for it.