Chapter 3 Section 4-5 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. A gathering where local citizens meet to discuss and decide on community issues and policies; common in New England colonies.
  2. 7. – Groups organized by American colonists to share information and coordinate responses to British policies across colonies.
  3. 9. A 1770 incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, killing five, which fueled anti-British sentiments.
  4. 10. A 1765 British tax on printed materials in the colonies, like newspapers and legal documents, which led to widespread protests.
  5. 12. A preacher during the Great Awakening known for his sermons on salvation and sin, like “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.”
  6. 14. A law requiring American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
  7. 15. An Ottawa chief who led Native American resistance against British settlers in the Ohio Valley in 1763, known as Pontiac’s Rebellion.
Down
  1. 1. A series of punitive laws passed by Britain in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party, intended to tighten control over the colonies.
  2. 2. An intellectual movement in the 1700s that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights, influencing American political thought.
  3. 4. A 1773 law allowing the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, leading to the Boston Tea Party in protest.
  4. 5. A leader of the American Revolution and organizer of protests against British policies, including the formation of the Sons of Liberty.
  5. 6. A 1773 protest by American colonists against the Tea Act, where they dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.
  6. 8. A religious revival in the American colonies during the 1730s-1740s that emphasized individual faith and questioned authority.
  7. 11. A 1689 document that limited the powers of the British monarchy and established certain rights for English citizens, influencing American political ideas.
  8. 12. An Enlightenment philosopher who argued that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and property; his ideas influenced the Declaration of Independence.
  9. 13. A trade system between the Americas, Europe, and Africa, where goods, enslaved people, and raw materials were exchanged across the Atlantic.