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| British monarch during the American Revolution. |
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| a law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers. |
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| income a government collects to cover expenses. EXAMPLE: taxes |
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| a law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies; it also called for harsh punishment of smugglers. |
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| a law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid. The law was repealed in 1766. |
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Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses and a vocal opponent of the Stamp Act. He called for colonial resistance to the tax.
Famous Quote: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" |
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| A refusal to buy certain goods. Colonists used this tactic in response to British taxes. |
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| A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution. They participated in both peaceful (boycotts) and non-peaceful protests (burning stamped paper, tarring and feathering tax collectors, the Boston Tea Party) |
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| a law passed by Parliament in 1766 which stated that Parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies. |
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| a series of laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that suspended New York's assembly and established taxes on various goods (glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea) brought into the British colonies. To enforce the acts, British officers would use writs of assistance. |
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| writs of assistance (p. 148) |
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| search warrants. British officials used these to enter homes and businesses to search for smuggled goods. |
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| Leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty. Urged colonists to boycott goods taxed by the Townshend Act and to resist British control of the colonies. |
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| a clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five colonists, including Crispus Attucks, were killed. |
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| Colonial lawyer who defended the British soldiers arrested for their actions during the Boston Massacre. Supported the colonial cause but wanted to make sure the colonists followed the rule of law. |
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| committees of correspondence (p. 150) |
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| a group of people in the colonies who exchanged letters of colonial affairs. They were created so that people did not forget the cause of liberty. |
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| Boston Tea Party (p. 151) |
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| the dumping of 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 |
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| Intolerable Acts (p. 154) |
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| a series of laws passed by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party. These laws included the closing of the port of Boston until the tea was paid for, banning committees of correspondence, requiring the quartering of British troops, and letting British officials accused crimes in the colonies to stand trial in Britain. These laws were also known as the Coercive Acts. |
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| First Continental Congress (p. 155) |
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| a meeting of delegates in 1774 from all of the colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial rights. Trade was banned with Britain until the Intolerable Acts were repealed. The colonies also agreed to begin training troops. This meeting planted the seeds of a future independent government. |
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| a Boston silversmith that spread the news about British troop movement toward Lexington and Concord. |
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| Lexington and Concord (p. 157) |
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| Cities in Massachusetts that became known as the first battle sites of the Revolutionary War. The 700 British troops were forced to retreat back to Boston by 4,000 Minutemen and militiamen. |
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| colonists that supported the British during the Revolutionary War. |
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| colonists that sided with the rebels and were against the British during the Revolutionary War. |
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