| A | B |
|---|
| the killing of many people | massacre |
| violence that broke out between British soldiers and Boston citizens on March 5, 1770; five colonists were killed; the British soldiers were put on trial | Boston Massacre |
| African American sailor killed at the Boston Massacre | Crispus Attucks |
| an important Boston lawyer who defended the British soldiers put on trial after the Boston Massacre | John Adams |
| correspondence | written communication |
| groups of citizens in every colony who sent each other letters aboutwhat the British were doing and what actions colonists could take | Committees of Correspondence |
| passed by Parliament in 1773; it allowed the East India Company of Britain to sell tea in America at a very low price; the taxed tea was cheaper than smuggled tea | Tea Act |
| action taken by the Boston Sons of Liberty to get rid of unwanted taxed tea; the colonists dressed up as Indians to board the ships and throw the tea into Boston harbor | Boston Tea Party |
| passed by Parliament to punish the people of Boston after the Boston Tea Party; stopped trade between Boston and Britaink ended most town meetings, and gave Britain more control over the colonial government; also called the Intolerable Acts | Coercive Acts |
| to give people food and shelter; also refers to requiring colonists to provide housing and food for the British soldiers | quarter |
| most of the colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia to discuss the Intolerable Acts; wrote a letter asking King George III and Parliament to stop taxing the colonists and repeal the Intolerable Acts | First Continental Congress |
| colonist who opposed British rule | Patriot |
