| A | B |
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| Proclamation of 1763 | colonists were not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mts. |
| Navigation Acts | laws passed by Parliament 1650's to control colonial trade |
| Sugar Act | 1764 a tax on molasses & sugar |
| Stamp Act | 1765, stamp required on important documents(wills, newspaper, cards) |
| Quartering Act | 1769, colonists must provide housing, food, & supplies to British soldiers |
| virtual representation | Voters in England selected members of Parliment to represent all the people in the colonies (colonists didn't want) |
| direct representation | voters of a certain area elected a rep, who worked for that area |
| Townsend Act | 1767, taxed goods like lead, paper, paint, glass & tea |
| boycott | refuse to buy certain goods |
| Stamp Act Congress | meeting in MA,1765, to discuss the Stamp Act |
| Quebec Act | 1774, law allowed French Canadians to keep laws, and land west Appalachian Mts & north of Ohio River |
| Daughters of Liberty | women who organized a boycott of British cloth |
| direct tax | a tax that must be paid directly to the government |
| Writs of Assistance | search warrants which allowed officials the right to search anywhere for smuggled goods |
| Patriots | those who support a break from England |
| Loyalists | those who remained loyal to the king, also called Tories |
| Sons of Liberty | Patriot groups formed to enforce the boycott of British goods. |
| Boston Massacre | March 5, 1770; colonist began teasing British soldiers & throwing snowballs, British shot killed 3 Crispus Attucks 1st to die for freedom |
| Boston Tea Party | Dec. 16,1773; Sons of Liberty, dressed Mohawk Indians & dumped tea into Boston Harbor - protest tax on tea |
| Intolerable Acts | series laws British government passed as punish for destroying the tea |
| non-importation agreements | colonists agreed to stop importing goods taxed (lead, paper, paint, glass & tea) |
| Committees of Correspondence | members wrote letters & pamphlets reporting on events in MA |
| militia | citizens who serve as soldiers |
| 1st Continental Congress | reps from every colony except GA met in 1774, Philadelphia sent letter of grievances, forced boycott |
| Tea Act | 1773; a law that allowed the British East India Co.sell tea directly to the colonis (gave monopoly) |
| repeal | to cancel an act or law |
| Sam Adams | from Boston; a leader in the Sons of Liberty |
| John Adams | From MA; a skilled lawyer who knew a lot about British law. |
| Patrick Henry | from VA; lawyer who was a violent critic of British policies |
| minutemen | Patriot soldiers ready to fight in a moments notice |
| Paul Revere | rode to warn the Patriots that the British were coming |
| General Gage | British General that learned about the Patriots collecting & storing guns in Concord MA sent troops to seize the Patriot's supplies |
