| A | B |
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| boycott | refusal to buy certain goods and services |
| repeal | canceled |
| writ of assistance | legal documents that allowed British customs officals to inspect colonial ships for no reason |
| nonimportation agreement | Colonists promised to stop importing goods that were taxed by the Townshend Acts |
| committee of correspondence | A group created to share information with other colonies. They wrote letters and pamphlets to be sent to newspapers and government officials. |
| Lord Jeffery Amherst | British nobleman sent by Britain to keep order with the Native Americans on the frontier. He ruined the British relationship with the Native Americans. |
| Pontiac | Ottawa chief who lead the Attack on Fort Detroit and attempted to unite the Natives against the British |
| Pontiac's War | Native Americans attack British frontier forts. Once the French refused to help, the Native Americans stopped fighting |
| Proclamation of 1763 | An imaginary line drawn by British to keep colonists to the east and stop colonial conflict with the Native Americans |
| Stamp Act | 1765 - A tax on legal documents such as wills, diplomas, marriage papers, and playing cards. |
| Townshend Acts | 1767 - a tax on goods that all colonists use such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea |
| Sons of Liberty | a group formed to protest British policies |
| Samual Adams | Creator the committees of correspondance and a leader of the sons of Liberty in Boston |
| Quartering Act | British law that required coloniest to house British soldiers in their homes. |
| Boston Massacre | March 5, 1770 - 5 colonists killed by British soldiers following a confrontation in front of the Customs House in Boston |
| Crispus Attucks | a mullatto man who was the first colonist killed during the Boston Massacre |
| militia | an army of citizens that serve as soldiers during and emergency |
| Minute Man | town soldiers who could be ready to respond to an emergency in a minute. |
| Tea Act | A tax on tea created to by-pass the tea merchants and allow the British East India Company sell directly to colonial consumers |
| Boston Tea Party | Dec. 16, 1773 - When colonists dumped thousands of pounds of tea into Boston Harbor, ruining it. |
| Intolerable Acts | Spring 1774 - A group of laws created to punish Boston for their participation in the Boston Tea Party. These laws closed Boston Harbor and restricted town meetings to once a year. |
| First Continental Congress | September 1774 - delegates from 12 colonies met in Philadelphia in response to the Intolerable Acts |
| Lexington Green | Location of the 1st shot of the Revolution |
| General Thomas Gage | British commander that led the British Army out to Concord, MA to try to capture the weapons stored there. |
| Captain John Parker | Lexington militia leader who faced the British army on Lexington green. |
| effigy | a doll or dummy that represents a person. Used in colonial times to threaten tax collectors |
| Parliament | The location where British laws are created |
| John Adams | the Boston lawyer that defended the British officers after the Boston Massacre |
| Sugar Act | 1764 - A law created to lower the import tax on molasses and to discourage colonial smuggling |
| George Grenville | British Prime minister that was determined to reduce Britains debt following the French & Indian War. He wanted the colonists to pay taxes. |
| Loyalist | Also called a Tory, someone who remains loyal to the king |
| Patriot | Also called a Whig, someone who wants to seperate from England to form a new country |
| Paul Revere | Midnight rider who goes "by sea" |
| William Dawes | midnight rider who goes "by land" |
| Lexington Greene | location of 1st shot of the Revolution |
| Concord, MA | location of colonial arms that British were trying to capture |
