| A | B |
|---|
| primary source | first hand information about people or events |
| Albany Plan of Union | calls for Grand Council w/ reps from each colony to make laws, raise taxes setup defense, rejected |
| Treaty of Paris | ends French & Indian War, France loses N. American colonies |
| boycott | refuse to buy certain goods or services |
| repeal | to cancel usually a gov't action |
| writ of assistance | legal document letting Br. customs officer to inspect without any reason for search |
| nonimportation agreement | promise of colonial merchants and planters to stop importing goods taxed by the Townshend Acts |
| committee of correspondence | colonists who wrote letters & pamphlets to inform and unite colonies against Br. rule |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Br. law drawing a line along the Appalachian Mts. forbiding colonists to cross |
| Stamp Act | Parliamentary law taxing legal documents, newspaper, alamanacs,...first direct tax |
| Townshend Acts | laws taxing glass, paint, paper, silk & tea |
| Sons of Liberty | colonial men protesting Stamp Act, protect colonial liberties |
| Daughters of Liberty | colonial women protesting Stamp Act, led boycotts |
| Quartering Act | law requiring colonists to provide housing, candles, bedding to Br. soldiers stationed in colonies |
| Boston Massacre | shooting of 5 Bostonians by Br. soldier in 1770 |
| militia | army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency |
| minutemen | volunteers who train to fight Br. in 1775 |
| Tea Act | Br law letting Br. East India Co. sell directly to colonists , a monopoly |
| Boston Tea Party | protest Bostonians dress like Mohawks and dumped Br. tea into harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | passed in 1774 to punish Mass. for Boston Tea Party |
| First Continental Congress | meeting delegates from 12 colonies, Philadelphia 1774 |
| William Johnson | Br. trader & official gains Iroquois support in Fr. & Indian War |
| Joseph Brant | Mohawk chief helps persuade Iroquois to fight for Br. |
| Fort Necessity | makeshift stockade, built by Washington. fails |
| General Braddock | Br. leads unsuccessful attack on Fr. Duquesne, dies |
| William Pitt | head of Br. gov't defeats French |
| James Wolfe | Br. commander who conquers Quebec |
| Marquis de Montcalm | brilliant young Fr. general killed at Quebec |
| Pontiac | Ottawa chief who fights for Fr., organizes Indians of Ohio Valley |
| Sam Adams | Boston colonists, leader of Sons of Liberty, organizer of committees of correspondence |
| John Adams | Boston lawyer and Patriot, defends Br. after Boston Massacre |
| Mercy Otis Warren | Daughter of Liberty, writes plays & pamphlets making fun of Br.` |
| General Gage | Br. officer tries to surprise colonial militia at Concord |
| John Parker | leader of Lexington militia |
