| A | B |
| Taxation without Representation | Being taxed by a government that you have not elected a representative to speak for you |
| Townshend Acts | Tax on imported manufactured goods such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. |
| Writs of Assistance | Allowed Customs Officers to search homes without a warrant |
| Boston Massacre | British soldiers fire into a protest killing 5 colonists |
| Tea Act | Law that allowed the British East India company to sell tea directly to the colonies. |
| Intolerable Acts | Laws that punished Boston for the Boston Tea Party |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonists disguised as Native American dump 342 chests of tea into the harbor. |
| Stamp Act Congress | In the first sign of colonial unity, 9 colonies got together to discuss fighting against taxes |