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| writs of assistance | document which gave British customs officers the right to search a ship's cargo without a reason |
| nonimportation agreements | with this colonists agreed to stop importing goods taxed by the Townshend Acts |
| Boston Massacre | On March 5, 1770 British soldiers fired into a Boston mob killing five |
| committee of correspondence | colonists from each colony who wrote to one another keeping everyone aware of British actions |
| Quartering Act | colonists had to provide British soldiers with housing, candles, bedding, and beverages |
| Sons and Daughters of Liberty | Angry colonists who staged mock hangings of British officials to show what could happen to tax collectors |
| Townshend Acts | British law taxing colonial glass, paper,silk, lead, and tea |
| Sam Adams | Colonial leader who worked to unite colonists against the British |
