| A | B |
|---|
| 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 |
| Stamp Act | 1765, stamp required on important documents(wills, newspaper, cards) |
| Quartering Act | 1769, colonists must provide housing, food, & supplies to British soldiers |
| direct representation | voters of a certain area elected a rep, who worked for that area |
| "No Taxation W/O Representation | CALL TO ACTIOM AGAINST KING |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| minutemen | Patriot soldiers ready to fight in a moments notice |
