| A | B |
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| Proclamation of 1763 | Told colonists they were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Sugar Act | placed a tax on all imports including sugar and MOLASSES. |
| Stamp Act | A tax on all legal and printed documents. |
| Declaratory Act | Said that Parliament still had power over the colonies in all cases, whatsoever. |
| Quartering Act | Said colonists had to provide food and shelter for British troops in America. |
| Townshend Acts | Placed taxes on imports like glass, tea, paper, paint, and lead. |
| revenue | money |
| boycott | refusal to buy |
| Sons of Liberty | secret groups to oppose British policies. |
| writs of assistance | search warrants used by the British to look for smuggled goods. |
| Boston Massacre | when 5 American colonists were shot by British soldiers in March 1770. |
| Committees of Correspondance | groups that wrote letters to spread the word about American protests. |
| Tea Act | Gave British East India Company control of Tea Trade, and put a new tax on tea. |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonists in Massachusetts dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act. |
| Intolerable Acts | A series of laws to punish Massachusetts and warn other colonies |
| Coercive Acts | British name of the "Intolerable Acts" |
| First Continental Congress | Meeting of the colonies that decided to ban all trade with Britain and begin to train an army. |
| Battles of Lexington and Concord | 1st shot fired of the Revolutionary War. |
| Loyalists | people loyal to Britain |
| Tories | people loyal to Britain |
| Patriots | people loyal to the colonies |
| Continental Army | American Army |
| Revolutionary War | War fought so Americans could win their freedom from Britain |
| Fort Ticonderoga | capture of this fort gave Americans much needed cannons. |
| artillery | cannons and large guns |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | British win battle, but lose 1000 in the first major battle of the war. |
| Olive Branch Petition | Last chance at peace between America and Britain |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that encouraged the colonies to break away from Britain. |
| Declaration of Independence | American colonists declared their freedom from Britain. |
| yankees | British slang term for colonists |
