| A | B |
|---|
| occupy | control |
| The Boston Massacre | March 5, 1770, fight broke out between Bostonians and the soldiers. |
| Crispus Attucks | A dockworker who was the first to die in the Boston Massacre. |
| encounter | unexpected meeting |
| propaganda | information made to influence public opinion |
| Committee of Correspondance | Organization used to air grievances against Great Britain. |
| Tea Act | Allowed the British East India Company a virtual monopoly or sole control over trade for tea in America. |
| The Boston Tea Party | Dec. 16, a group of disguised men threw 342 chests of tea overboard. |
| George III | King of England during the tax crisis. |
| Coercive Acts | Harsh laws intended to punish the people of Mass. for their resistance to British law. |
