| A | B |
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| Proclamation of 1763 | Stopped Americans from settling on lands west of the colonies |
| Colonial governors | Appointed by the King of England |
| The royal governor of a colony | made the laws for the colony |
| The Boston Massacre | When provoked by colonists, British soldiers shot and killed five colonists. |
| The Stamp Act | The colonists had to pay taxes on newspapers and other printed materials |
| Britain decided to tax the colonies | Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War, which had benefited the colonists. |
| The intolerable Acts | Colonists had to provide food and shelter to British soldiers |
| The Townshend Acts | Colonists had to pay taxes on goods imported from other countries |
| Parliament | British law-making body that passed |
| Taxation without representation | Paying British taxes but having no vote in Parliament |
| Boycott | A peaceful act of protest by refusing to buy certain goods |
| Petition | A written request to authority, signed by many people |
| The colonist united and decided to go to war against Britain because... | Britain imposed many laws and taxes on the colonists. |
| Colonial governors | Were appointed by the King of England |
| Revolution | Successful war by the people of a country to overthrow their government |
| Thomas Jefferson | Major author of the Declaration of Independence |
| George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army |
| George III | King of England during the Revolutionary era |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death" speech |
| Thomas Paine | Author of "Common Sense" |
