| A | B |
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| Stamp Act | placed a tax on printed material, newspaper, pamphlets, legal documents. |
| Sons of Liberty | form in many towns to oppose the stamp act. |
| Declaratory act | Parliament repeals the stamp act; but issues this act, emphasizing British authority and control over the colonies. |
| Townshend Acts | Taxes placed on paper, tea, glass, lead, paints. |
| Sam Adams | writes a circular opposing the Townshend acts. |
| Thomas Hutchinson | future MA. governor who criticized Sam Adams letter |
| John Hancock | owned ship The Liberty which was searched for smuggled items. |
| Golden Hill | Sons of Liberty and soldiers clash at New York (Violoence Erupts) |
| Boston Massacre | Soldiers and citizens clash in Boston one of the most famous prerevolutionary incidents |
| Gastee | was burned by colonists off of RI |
| British East India Company | a tea tax and a monopoly on the selling of tea outraged many colonists |
| Mohawk Indians | Colonists in Boston dressed up as this and threw 342 containors of tea into the Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) | These acts consisted of the Boston Port Bill, Massachusettes Regulating Act, Government Act, Administration of Justice Act, Quebec Act, and the Quartering Act. |
| First Continental Congress | meets in Philadelphia to discuss what should be done and to develop a common course of action |
| Patrick Henry | During Final Actions; delivers "Give me liberty or give me death" speech against British Rule. |
| George III | endorses the NE restraining act during Final Actions |
| MA in Final Actions | declared to be in open rebellion |
