| Term | Definition |
|---|
| King George III | British Monarch |
| Quartering Act | Passed by Parliment requiring the colonies to house and supply British soldiers |
| Revenue | Income a government collects to cover expenses |
| Sugar Act | Passed by Parliment that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products to the colonies |
| Stamp Act | Passed by Parliment that requied all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid |
| Patrick Henry | A member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and called for resistance to British taxes |
| Boycott | A refusal to buy certain goods |
| Sons of Liberty | A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies |
| Crispus Attucks | Lost his life in the Boston Massacre |
| Townshend Acts | A series of laws passed by Parliament that suspended New York's assembly and established taxes on goods brought into the colonies |
| Writs of Assistance | A search warrant that allowed British officers to enter colonial homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods |
| Samuel Adams | Leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty |
| Boston Massacre | A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists which 5 colonists were killed |
| John Adams | Lawyer who defended British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre |
| Committee of Correspondence | A group of people in the colonies who exchanged letter on colonial affairs |
| Boston Tea Party | The dumping of 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor |
| Militia | A force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community |
| Minuteman | A member of the colonial militia who was trained to respond "at a minute's warning" |
| Intolerable Acts | A series of laws enacted by Parliament to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party |
| First Continental Congress | A meeting of delegates from all the colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial rights |
| Paul Revere | A messenger charged with spreading the news of British troop movement |
| Lexington and Concord | Sites in Massachusetts of the first battles of the American Revolution |
| Loyalist | An American colonist who supported the British |
| Patriot | An American colonist who sided with the rebels |
| Ethan Allen | Led a band of backwoodsmen known as the Green Mountain Boys |
| Artillery | A cannon or large gun |
| Second Continental Congress | A governing body whose delegates agreed to form the Continental Army and to approve the Declaration of Independence |
| Continental Army | A colonial force authorized by the Second Continental Congress led by George Washington |
| Benedict Arnold | A patriot who played a role in the victory at Fort Ticonderoga |
| Declaration of Independence | The document in which the colonies declared Independence from Britain |
| Thomas Jefferson | Writer of the Declaration of Independence |
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