| A | B |
|---|
| Stamp Act | tax on legal papers |
| East India Trading Co. | British company that sold tea |
| George III | King of England |
| Currency Act | Illegal for colonists to print $ |
| Proclamation of 1763 | ordered settlers to leave the Ohio Valley |
| Quatering Act | British soldiers could take over your house! |
| boycott | to refuse to buy (or deal with) someone or something |
| Boston Massacre | 3/77 British fire on rowdy colonists |
| Samuel Adams | Colonial leader who organized town meetings |
| Boston Tea Party | soggy tea, mad British |
| duty | a tax placed on goods brought into a country or region |
| Concord, Massachusetts | where the military supplies were stored |
| minutemen | colonists trained to be ready to fight |
| Paul Revere | He warned that the British were coming. |
| First Continental Congress | Met in Philadelphia in September, 1774 |
| Lexington | Where "the shots heard 'round the world" were fired |
| William Dawes | He rode with Paul Revere |
| General Gage | the military governor of Massachusetts |
| patriot | Someone who loves and supports his or her own country |
| Declaration of Rights | Written at the First Continental Congress |
