| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Stamp Act | taxed all legal documents |
| Townshend Act | taxed paper, glass, silk, lead, and tea |
| Quartering Act | allowed British soldiers to be placed in the homes of the colonists |
| Intolerable Acts | closed the port of Boston, ended town meetings, was the British response to the Boston Tea Party |
| Tea Act | created to help the British East India Company sell tea directly to the colonists |
| First Continental Congress | urged colonists to set up militias or citizen armies to defend against the British |
| Declaration of Independence | 3 Parts include: rights of people, wrongs of the king, declaration of independence (new country) |
| boycott | refusal to buy goods or services in protest |
| French and Indian War | caused by disputed claims in the Ohio River Valley; costs for this war led to many taxes on the colonists |
| “no taxation without representation” | colonist’s argument against taxes; colonists did not have representation in Parliament so they felt that the taxes were unfair |
| propaganda | used to promote or put down an idea; Paul Revere's engraving of the Boston Massacre is an example |
| tarring and feathering | used to frighten tax collectors; often accompanied by pouring hot tea down their throats |
| Boston Tea Party | Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped tea into Boston Harbor in response to the Tea Act |
| Proclamation of 1763 | forbid colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| Sugar Act | put a tax on molasses |
| Declaratory Act | reminded the colonists that England had all power to tax them when necessary |
| mercantilism | idea that colonies are set up to benefit the mother country |
| Triangular Trade | smuggling route that colonists used to avoid having to sell goods only to England |
| Writs of assistance | allowed British soldiers to search ships without warrants |
| Petition | formal request to someone in authority; used by colonists to send to the king |
| Repeal | to cancel or undo |
| Nonimportation agreement | colonists agreed not to import goods taxed by England |
| Committees of Correspondence | set up to communicate news of mutual interest throughout the colonies |
| Sons/Daughters of Liberty | groups of patriots working to end unfair British practices |
| Sam Adams | famous Son of Liberty |
| John Adams | Son of Liberty who later became second president of the United States |
| Mercy Otis Warren | Daughter of Liberty who wrote plays to protest British actions |
| Patrick Henry | ardent patriot:; “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” |
| Boston Massacre | 5 colonists shot; exaggerated to increase anti-British feelings |
| Militia | citizen soldiers; sometimes called minutemen |
| Lexington and Concord | “shot heard round the world”; start of the Revolution |
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