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sugar act law passed by the british parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies committees of correspondence committees created in massachusetts in the 1760's to help towns and colonies share information about resisting the new british laws boycott to refuse to buy certain goods; method often used in protest movements stamp act law passed by parliament that raised tax money by requiring colonists to pay for an official stamp whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers, licenses, and legal documents sons of liberty secret societies formed in the mid-1700's by colonists to protest new taxes and to frighten tax collectors repeal to end or abolish townshend acts laws passed by parliament placing duties on certain items imported by the colonists writs of assistance special search warrants that allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods daughters of liberty women's groups that used boycotts and other measures to support the colonies' resistance to the british propaganda stories and images designed to support a particular point of view boston massacre incident in which british soldiers fired into a crowd of angry colonists, killing 5 people tea act law passed by parliament allowing the british east india company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies, undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the boston tea party boston tea party protest against the tea act in which a group of colonists boarded british tea ships and dumped some 340 chests of tea into boston harbor intolerable acts a set of laws passed by parliament to punish the colonists for the boston tea party and to tighten government control of the colonies first continental congress meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia to decide how to respond to increased taxes and abuses of authority by the british government; delegates petitioned king george iii, listing the freedoms they believed colonists should enjoy minutemen american colonial militia members who were supposed to be ready to fight at a minute's notice olive branch petition peace request sent by the second continental congress to britain's king george iii, who rejected it redcoats british soldiers who fought against the colonists in the american revolution; so called because of their bright red uniforms second continental congress meeting of colonial delegates in philadelphia to decide how to react to the fighting at lexington and concord continental army army created by the second continental congress in 1775 to defend the american colonies from britain siege military blockade of a city or fort battle of bunker hill revolutionary war battle in boston that demonstrated that the colonists could fight well against the british army common sense a pamphlet written by thomas paine that criticized monarchies and convinced many american colonists of the need to break away form britain declaration of independence statement of the second continental congress that defined the colonists' rights, outlined their complaints against great britain, and declared the colonies' independence unalienable rights basic human rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness patriots american colonists who fought for independence from great britain during the revolutionary war loyalists colonists who sided with britain in the american revolution george grenville prime minister of england who asked parliament to tax the colonists james otis a lawyer form boston who was one of the first colonists to protest taxation by parliament samuel adams believed that parliament shouldn't be taxing the colonists without their consent and helped to spread the slogan "no taxation without representation" -he also helped to create the committees of correspondence patrick henry presented resolutions to the house of burgesses in virginia, stating that the stamp act violated the colonists' rights as british citizens benjamin franklin thought that parliament should repeal the stamp act, and was a signer of the declaration of independence william pitt important member of parliament who believed that the stamp act was unfair and led parliament to repeal the act king george iii the king of britain who led the taxing on the colonies john hancock had his ship seized by tax collectors on suspicion of smuggling, accused tax collectors of punishing him because he opposed the townshend acts francis bernard broke up the massachusetts legislature in response to the protests made by the sons of liberty lord north british prime minister who thought to pass the intolerable acts as a way of punishing massachusetts thomas gage governor of massachusetts after the boston tea party, british general who took away minutemen's weapons and ammunition and stored them in concord mercy otis warren wrote plays making british supporters look foolish john dickinson thought that the colonists should make peace with great britain (suggestion made during the first continental congress) paul revere warned the minutemen that the british were coming william dawes lesser known person to spread the word that the british were coming george washington commander of the continental army benedict arnold helped lead the attack on fort ticonderoga ethan allen helped benedict arnold lead the attack on fort ticonderoga thomas paine well-known throughout the colonies for writing common sense, which was a pamphlet that argued for breaking away from great britain thomas jefferson main author of the declaration of independence samuel curwen a merchant who did not believe the colonies needed independence thomas fairfax one of george washington's closest friends who was a loyalist william franklin benjamin franklin's son who was a loyalist abigail adams wife of john adams, and fought for women's rights when the declaration of independence was being written henry knox hauled the british cannons from fort ticonderoga to boston