| A | B |
|---|
| boycott | refuse to buy |
| custom duties | charges on foreign imports |
| effigy | crude figure of a hated or despised person |
| monopoly | complete control |
| proclamation | official announcement |
| repeal | to do away with the law |
| revenue | income |
| writs of assistance | general search warrants |
| Sugar Act | 1764 /Decreased tax put on Molasses |
| Stamp Act | 1765/stated stamped paper must be used for certain printed material |
| Boston Massacre | 1770/5 people killed |
| Tea Act & Boston Tea Party | 1773/Act stated that colonists could purchase tea only from East India Co. |
| Coercive Acts | 1774 |
| Declaratory Act | 1766/Parliament could create any law or tax for colonies |
| Townsend Acts | 1767 |
| Quebec Act | Created a new gov't and appointed a governor for the people of Quebec |
| Quartering Act | colonists must provide shelter for soldiers of British Army |
| John Adams | defended the British soldiers after Boston Massacre |
| Sam Adams | Created the Committees of Correspondence |
| Lord Jeffrey Amherst | Declared that former French Allies "must be punished but not bribed" |
| George III | King of England at the time |
| Prime Minister George Grenville | Believed colonists should pay for their own defense |
| Thomas Hutchinson | Was the governor of Massachusetts |
| Paul Revere | Created the engraving of the Boston Massacre |
| Charles Townshend | British Secretary of Treasury |
