| A | B |
|---|
| Tea Act | This law of 1773 allowed Br. East india Co. to by pass the colonial tea merchants and sell directly to the public |
| Boston Tea Party | On Dec.16, 1773 colonists,boarded English ship and threw the tea into the harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | Boston harbor closed,town meetings banned, customs officers tried in English courts, and soldiers in your house |
| Quebec Act | Set up a government for Canada |
| First Continental Congress | 12 delegates from 12 colonies(Georgia absent)meet in Phil. Pa. Sept 1774 to patch up quarrel with England |
| militia | army of citizens |
| minutemen | colonial men prepared to fight in a moments notice |
| Lexington-Concord | First battles of The American Revolution |
| April 19, 1775 | Beginning date of War for Independence |
