| A | B |
|---|
| Alliance | Agreement to act together |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalcahians |
| Revenue | Government income |
| Stamp Act | Direct tax on paper products |
| Boycott | Refusal to buy |
| Sons of Liberty | Group that organized to fight Stamp Act |
| George III | British king who sent troops to America |
| Townshend Acts | Laws that taxed tea glass, lead, paper, paint |
| Writs of assistance | Search warrant giving British officers unlimited search rights |
| Propaganda | Way of spreading political views |
| Boston Masacre | 1770 shooting of colonists by Brisitsh soldiers |
| Boston Tea Party | Protest in which colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor |
| Crispus Attucks | African American sailor killed in Boston Massacre |
| James Otis | Colonist who said writs of assistance were against the law of nature |
| John Locke | English philosopher who wrote about law of nature |
| Samuel Adams | Boston lawyer who favored total independence |
| Intolerable Acts | Closed port of Boston, put Mass under military rule, increased the royal governor's powers, and forced housing British soldiers |
| First Continental Congress | Meeting of colonial delegates in reponse to Intolerable Acts |
| milita | Army of ordinary citizens |
| Minuteman | member of the militia ready to fight on amoment's notice |
| Loyalist | Person loyal to Britain |
| Patriot | Person favoring independence |
| Thomas Gage | British governor of Mass |
| John Hancock | Rich Patriot and head of the Committee of Safety |
| Patrick Henry | Virginian Patriot who urged the colonists to fight for liberty |
| Paul Revere | Patriot silversmith who warned of British attack |
| Lexington | First military encounter of the Revolutionary War |
| Concord | Second battle, where British were forced to retreat |
