| A | B |
|---|
| Treaty of Paris, 1763 | Ended the French and Indian War |
| Proclamation of 1763 | prohibited (did not allow) anyone to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Stamp Act 1765 | Tax on printed paper and legal documents (newspapers, playing cards, marriage license) |
| Nonimportation Agreements | Colonial Merchants promised not to buy or import British goods |
| Sons of Liberty | a group who protested the Stamp Act |
| Stamp Act Congress | A meeting in New York at which Samuel Adams declared that the colonists are entitled to their rights |
| Quartering Act | Required colonists to house British troops |
| Declaratory Act | Stated (Declared) that the British Parliment had full authority in "all cases whatsoever" over the Colonies |
| Townshend Acts, 1767 | taxes (duties) on tea, lead, glass, paint, dyes |
| Writs of Assistance | allowed general search warrents to be used by the British to search for smuggled goods |
| Boston Massacre | British troops fired on (and killed) anti-British demonstrators |
| Committee of Correspondence | Led by Samuel Adams, it informed the 13 Colonies of the latest news |
| Tea Act, 1773 | Exclusive control (monopoly) of the ten trade routes was given to the British East India Co. |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonists dumped tea into the harbour to protest British rule |
| Intolerable Acts | Many terrible, coercive acts put into place against the colonists by the British, which ended up united the colonists |
| First Continental Congress | September 1774, all the colonies sent representatives EXCEPT Georgia...this was the first time most of the colonies acted together |
