| Term | Definition |
|---|
| customs duty | a tax placed on goods coming into the country |
| inflation | a general and progressive increase in prices |
| nonimportation agreement | colonists agreed not to import goods taxed by England |
| writ of assistance | legal document that let a British customs officer inspect a ship's cargo without giving any reason for the search |
| committee of correspondence | group of colonists who wrote letters and pamphlets reporting on British actions |
| minuteman | an American militiaman prior to and during the American Revolution |
| Loyalist | A person who supported the British during the American Revolution |
| Patriot | A person who supported the colonists during the American Revolution |
| guerrilla warfare | hit-and-run raids that distracted the French in Spain |
| letters of marque | a license to a private citizen to seize property of another nation |
| republic | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| emancipation | the freeing of slaves |
| manumission | the freeing of individual enslaved persons |
| French and Indian War | a war in North America between France and Britain (both aided by indian tribes) |
| Boston Tea Party | demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish Massachusetts for its protests against the British |
| Battle of Bunker Hill | the first important battle of the American War of Independence (1775) |
| Declaration of Independence | the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain |
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