| A | B |
|---|
| Navigation Acts | designed to control trade |
| Proclamation of 1763 | to avoid war with the Natives; designed to stop colonists from moving west |
| Sugar Act | import tax on molasses and indigo from anywhere but Britain |
| Quartering Act | house and supply British troops in public dwellings |
| Stamp Act | a direct tax on legal documents |
| Sons of Liberty | formed to protest the Stamp Act |
| Townshend Acts | import tax on tea, paper, and glass |
| duty | tax |
| Writs of Assistance | unlimited search warrants |
| Boston Massacre | five colonists were killed |
| Committees of Correspondence | colonial groups set up to exchange information |
| Tea Act | lowered the tax paid on tea but created a British monopoly |
| Boston Tea Party | a protest of the Tea Act |
| Intolerable Acts | 4 harsh laws also known as the Coercive Acts |
| First Continental Congress | meeting in Philadelphia to discuss British policies |
| boycott | to refuse to buy |
| embargo | ban on trade |
| propaganda | the spreading of one's views; the Patriots used the Boston Massacre as an example |
| radical | a person with extreme views |
| loyalist | supporter of Britain |
| patriot | against Britain's policies |
| salutary neglect | England not enforcing its laws |
| repeal | to take away or remove |
| petition | a written request to the king that was signed by colonists |
| revenue | government income |
| minutemen | militiamen awaiting the British at Lexington and Concord |
| Parliament | Britain’s governing body |
