| A | B |
|---|
| French and Indian War | conflict over ownership of the Ohio River Valley between the colonists and Britain with some Indians on their side, and the French and many Indians on the other side |
| debts | money that is owed to someone else |
| "No taxation without representation." | The chant of colonists who wanted to have a say in their government |
| Proclamation of 1763 | gave Native Americans land west of the Appalachian Mts. and said that no settlers could move into that territory. |
| Quartering Act | said that colonists had to allow soldiers to stay in their homes and to provide them with food,etc. |
| Parliament | the lawmaking part of the British government |
| Stamp Act | a tax on all printed papers such as: newspapers, marriage licenses, playing cards, etc. |
| Stamp Act Congress | Meeting of delegates of 9 colonies in New York to protest the Stamp Act |
| protest | to speak out against something that is not right or fair in one's opinion |
| repeal | to take back, or to cancel, a law |
| massacre | the murder of people who cannot defend themselves |
| lobsterbacks | colonists' nickname for the British soldiers because of their red coats |
| Boston Massacre | the murder of 5 people and the wounding of 6 more in a fight between the colonists and British soldiers in Boston |
| Boston Tea Party | in protest of the Tea Act, colonists dressed up as Indians and dumped British tea into Boston Harbor |
| Tea Act | law that said only the British East India Company could sell tea to the colonies |
| Mohawks | the Indians that the colonists disguised themselves as for the Boston Tea Party |
| The Intolerable Acts | Harsh laws levied on colonists which they just could not accept |
| First Continental Congress | leaders from 12 of the colonies met to discuss problems with Britain; in Philadelphia |
