| A | B |
|---|
| General Braddock | British commander |
| Treaty of Paris | Gave England all of N. america east of Mississippi |
| Sent G. Washington with a message to the French | Governor Dinwiddie |
| Quartering Act | required colonists to provide food and housing |
| Stamp Act | Required extra payment on newspapers and legal documents |
| Townshend Acts | Taxes on household items like glass, paint and tea |
| Boston Massacre | 5 colonists killed by British soldiers |
| Sons of Liberty | led the protest on taxes |
| Samuel Adams | Leader of the Sons of Liberty |
| Boston Tea Party | 10,000 pounds of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor |
| Rebellion | an organized opposition to government |
| Intolerable Acts | strict laws passed by Britain |
| Parliament | British government |
| First Continental Congress | decided to stop all trade with England |
| Militia | army of ordinary citizens |
| Minutemen | colonists who were trained to help in a minute's notice |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death!" |
| John Hancock | the first signer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Benjamin Franklin | created the first library, hospital and fire department |
| Effigy | an image or statue of a hated person or idea |
