| A | B |
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| Writs of Assistance | court order that gave the British the right to search American property |
| Albany Plan of Union | a plan to unite the colonies under 1 American government |
| Proclamation of 1763 | banned American colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Sugar Act | first tax to pay for French and Indian War on sugar and other items |
| Quartering Act | British allowed to house their soldiers in American homes |
| Stamp Act | tax on all printed papers (newspapers |
| Stamp Act Congress | meeting in New York to ask king/Parliament to repeal (get rid of) the Stamp and Sugar Acts |
| Declaratory Act | asserted that Great Britain had the same power to make all laws in America as in Great Britain |
| Sons of Liberty | a secret group of Americans that organized protests against the British |
| Non-Importation Association/boycotts | an agreement among Americans that they would not buy British goods |
| Boston Massacre | an American protest that turned violent and 5 Americans killed by British soldiers first being Crispus Attucks |
| Boston Tea Party | protest in led by the Sons of Liberty in which they destroyed British tea by throwing it into the Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | a group of 4 laws passed by Great Britain to punish America for the Tea Party |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | first battles of the American Revolution |
| The Declaration of Independence | document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring that America is free from rule of Great Britain |
