| A | B |
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| Boston Massacre | shooting of five Bostonians by British soldiers on March 5, 1770 |
| Pontiac's War | Indian attack against British at Fort Detroit |
| writ of assistance | legal documents under which customs officials could inspect a ship's cargo without giving reason |
| Quartering Act | colonists had to provide British with housing, candles, bedding, and beverages to British stationed in the colonies |
| Sam Adams | person who united colonists against British |
| boycott | to refuse to buy something |
| Stamp Act | law that taxes legal documents, newspapers, documents, etc. |
| repeal | to cancel |
| Crispus Attucks | African American sailor who was shot during the Boston Massacre |
| Daughters of Liberty | women who protected the Stamp Act |
| Townshend Acts | law that taxed goods such as glass, tea, paint and paper |
| nonimportation agreements | promise to stop importing goods taxed by the Townshend Acts |
| Sons of Liberty | group of colonial men that protested the Stamp Act |
| committee of correspondence | group that wrote letters and pamphlets reporting on events in Massachusetts |
| Mercy Otis Warren | published plays that made fun of British officials |
| Proclamation of 1763 | British law that forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains |
