| A | B |
|---|
| salutary neglect | British "hands off" attitude toward enforcing laws and duties which benefited America before 1750 |
| mercantilism | economic policy regarding storing gold and silver for a countries wealth; trade |
| loyalists | those colonists who favored the King and Britain; tarred and feathered |
| Patriots | opposed Loyalists boycotted British rule; wanted independence |
| Proclamation Act | British Law that drew a line at the Appalachian MTs and declared colonists could not settle beyond. |
| Sugar Act | British tax on molasses and sugar; allowing British to seize goods without court order |
| Stamp Act | First direct tax on colonists British rule ; all printed material needed this mark |
| Declaratory Act | British Law stating King and Parliament had right to make laws for the colonies |
| Coercive Acts | Britian appoints general Gage to enforce these strict laws: shut down British port,stop town meetings, etc |
| Quartering Act | British Law where soldiers would be quartered or housed with American families |
| Declaration of Independence | Document wriiten by Thomas Jefferson stating the reasons for America's break with Britain |
| Boston Massacre | incident that inflamed colonists; British soldiers fired and killed 11 people inBostopn |
| Gaspee Incident | Rhode Islanders attack and burn a British ship for search and seizure |
| Lexington and Concord | first major battle"shot heard around the world" |
| Bunker Hill | Battle in Charlestown on Breed's Hill many British forces killed; colonists gain confidence |
| Thomas Paine | Colonial writer who urgrd independence: "these are the times that try men's souls." |
| Patrick Henry | Colonial writer for independence" give me liberty or give me death" |
