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| Sons of Liberty | men who dressed up as Indians and threw the tea into the ocean at the Boston Tea Party |
| allies | a person, group, or nation united with another for some special purpose |
| Boston Massacre | a minor clash between British soldiers and colonists on March 5, 1770, that wasexaggerated to increase colonial anger toward the British |
| militia | a military force made up mostly of civilians trained for emergency duty; citizen soldiers |
| minutemen | a citizen- soldier of the Revolutionary period, said to be ready to fight at a moment's notice |
| Treaty of Paris | the treaty that ended the French and Indian War and in which Great Britian gained most if France's land claims in North America |
| Boston Tea Party | the dumping of East India Company Tea into Boston Harbour on December 16, 1773 as a protest by a group of colonists |
| committees of correspondence | small groups of colonists responsible for sneding messages to one another about gragnces against the British government; a network of communication within and amoung the colonies before and during the American Revolution |
| French and Indian War | a war between the French and British where the Indians helped the French over land in North America |
| monopoly | complete control over |
| stamp act | colonists had to pay for the cost of stamps that were printed on packages of certian items or legal documents |
| quartering act | ordered colonists to provided food and shelter for British troops that were stationed in their area |
| stamp act congress | delegates from nine different colonies discussing their concerns |
| parliament | a group of people who helped the king in England |
| townshend acts | taxes were put on certain goods the American colonies inported from Britian |
| writs of assistance | a search warrant |
| veto | the right to reject bills proposed by the lawmaking body |
| trade and navigational laws | laws that limited America's trade and navigation |
| proclamation of 1763 | closed the western frontier to colonial settlement |
