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| boycott | a form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services |
| Currency Act | the British law that regulated paper money in the American colonies |
| duty | a tax on imports |
| grievance | an objection or reason to complain |
| militia | military force made up of local citizens to help protect their town, land, or nation |
| Proclamation of 1763 | a law requiring colonists to stay east of a line drawn on a map along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Quartering Act | one of several British laws that required American colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers stationed in North America |
| repeal | to cancel or nullify, especially a law |
| revenue | income; money that is received |
| Sons of Liberty | the groups of merchants, shopkeepers, and craftsmen who successfully opposed the Stamp Act by establishing networks to boycott British goods |
| Stamp Act | the British law requiring colonists to purchase a stamp for official documents and published papers |
| Sugar Act | the British law that lowered the duty on molasses to cut out smuggling, so that the British would get the revenue |
| tyranny | unjust rule by an absolute ruler |
| Boston Massacre | the 1779 incident in which British soldiers fired on locals who had been taunting them |
| Boston Tea Party | the 1773 incident in which the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped their cargo in protest of British taxes on the colonists |
| Committee of Correspondence | in the Revolutionary era, a group of colonists whose duty it was to spread news about protests against the British |
| Tea Act | the British law stating that only the East India Company was allowed to sell tea to the American colonists |
| Townshend Act | a set of British laws that placed duties on tea, glass, paper, lead, and paint; required colonists to purchase from Britain |
| writ of assistance | a legal document giving authorities the right to enter and search a home or business |
