| A | B |
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| King George III | King of England during the American Revolution |
| Quartering Act | Law that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers |
| revenue | Government income |
| Sugar Act | British tax on imported sugar and molasses |
| Stamp Act | Law that taxed many printed materials in the colonies |
| Patrick Henry | A member of the Virginia House of Burgesses who opposed British taxes |
| boycott | Refusal to buy goods |
| Sons of Liberty | A secret society organized to oppose British policies |
| Townshend Acts | Plan passed by Parliament in 1767 to help raise revenue in the colonies |
| writ of assistance | Search warrant |
| Samuel Adams | Founder of the Sons of Liberty |
| Crispus Attucks | African American killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre |
| Boston Massacre | Conflict between colonists and British soldiers in which 5 colonists were killed |
| John Adams | Cousin of Samuel Adams and a lawyer who defended British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre |
| committee of correspondence | A group that exchanged letters on colonial affairs with similar groups |
| Boston Tea Party | Protest against the Tea Act in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | Laws passed by Parliament punishing MA for the Boston Tea Party |
| First Continental Congress | Meeting held by the colonies in Philadelphia in 1774 to decide what to do about problems with Britain |
| militia | A force of armed civilians who pledge to defend their community |
| Minuteman | A colonist who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice |
| Paul Revere | A patriot who helped warn colonists about British movements |
| Lexington and Concord | Sites of the first battles of the Revolutionary War |
| Loyalist | A colonist who was loyal to Britain |
| Patriot | A colonist who supported the colonial rebels |
