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| Quartering Act | Law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers. |
| revenue | income a government collects to cover expenses. |
| Sugar Act | a law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies; also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. |
| Stamp Act | a 1765 law passed by Parliament that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid. |
| boycott | a refusal to buy certtain goods. |
| Sons of Liberty | a group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution. |
| Townshend Acts | a series of laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly and established taxes on goods brought into the British colonies. |
| writs of assistance | a search warrant that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods. |
| Boston Massacre | a clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists, including Crispus Attucks, were killed |
| committee of correspondence | a group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters on colonial affairs. |
| Boston Tea Party | the dumping of 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protests the Tea Act. |
| militia | a force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community during the American Revolution; an emergency military force that is not part of the regular army. |
| Minuteman | a member of the colonial militia who was trained to respond "at a minute's warning" |
| Intolerable Acts | a series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts coloniests for the Boston Tea Party. |
| First Continental Congress | a meeting of delegates in 1774 from all the colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial rights. |
| Lexington and Concord | sites in Massachusetts of the first battles of the American Revolution. |
| Loyalist | an American colonist who supported the British in the American Revolution. |
| Patriot | an American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution. |
| artillery | a cannon or large gun. |
| Second Continental Congress | a governing body whose delegates agreed, in May 1775, to form the Continental Army and to approve the Declaration of Independence. |
| Continental Army | a colonial force authorized by the Second Continental Congress in 1775, with George Washington as its commanding general. |
| Declaration of Independence | the document, writen in 1776, in which the colonies declared independence from Britain. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| Benedict Arnold | Colonial leader who played a part in the victory at Fort Ticonderoga and who helped in a failed invasion of Canada |
| Ethan Allen | Leader of the Green Mountain Boys who helped to capture Fort Ticondergo. |
| Paul Revere | A patriot who helped warn colonists about British movements. |
| John Adams | A cousin of Samuel Adams and a lawyer who defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre. |
| Samuel Adams | Founder of the Sons of Liberty. |
| Crispus Attucks | African American killed by British soldiers in the Boston Massacre. |
| King George III | King of England during the American Revolution. |
| Patrick Henry | A member of the Virginia House of Burgesses who opposed British taxes. |
