| A | B |
|---|
| Stamp Act | 1765 British imposed tax on legal documents in the colonies |
| Sugar Act | 1764 British imposed tax on molasses and other imported items |
| boycott | refusal to purchase a certain item |
| Proclamation of 1763 | rule by the King of England banning colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| petition | formal letter protesting a law or policy |
| Townshend Act | 1767 set of taxes imposed by British on common items in America |
| Boston Massacre | event where 5 protesters were killed by British soldiers |
| Boston Tea Party | 1773 protest against the Tea Act led by Sons of Liberty |
| Intolerable Acts | 1774 British laws punishing Boston for the Tea Party |
| Lexington and Concord | where the American Revolutionary War started |
| Pontiac's War | conflict involving Indians and British in the Ohio Country |
| Committees of Correspondence | letter-writing groups that kept all colonies informed |
| Sons of Liberty | group of Patriots that led protests and spied on British |
