| A | B |
|---|
| standing army | British soldiers in America, reason for British taxes on colonists |
| Sugar Act | tax on sugar and molasses |
| taxation without representation | complaint by colonists that they had no control over British taxes |
| Samuel Adams | helped form the Committees of Correnpondence |
| boycott | refusal to buy certain goods |
| Committees of Correspondence | groups that communicated with other colonists about British taxes |
| Stamp Act | a tax that required and official stamp for paper items |
| Sons of Liberty | colonist who used violence to frighten tax collectors |
| Boston Massacre | killing of 5 colonists by British soldiers |
| Boston Tea Party | protest of the Tea Act where tea was dumped into the Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | closed Boston Harbor and cancelled Massachusetts' charter |
| Tea Act | required colonists to buy tea from the British East India Company |
