| A | B |
|---|
| Militia | civilians serving as soldiers |
| French and Indian War | A conflict between the French and British in N. America fought from 1754-1763 |
| Pontiac's Rebellion | Unsuccessful attack aimed at stopping European settling in the frontier |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Banned any further colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mts. |
| Sugar Act | Set duties on sugar and molasses imported by the colonists |
| Committees of Correspondence | Contacted other towns and colonies to share ideas and information about new British laws and ways to challenge them |
| Boycott | refusal to buy certain goods |
| Stamp Act | Required colonists to pay for a seal whenever they bought paper products |
| Sons of Liberty | Secret societies that used violence to frighten tax collectors |
| Townshend Acts | Placed duties on imported glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea |
| Writs of Assistance | Special search warrants that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods |
| Boston Massacre | The shooting of 5 Bostonians by British soldiers on March 5, 1770 |
| Propaganda | Stories and images designed to support a point of view |
| Smuggling | To illegally import or export goods without paying duties |
| Boston Tea Party | Protest by a group of Bostonians who dressed up as Indians and threw tea into the Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | Laws passed by Parliament in 1774 to punish the colonists of Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party |
| Treaty of Paris | An agreement between the French and British that ended the French and Indian War |
