Quartering Act
Act which required colonies to provide lodging and supplies for British troops
Sugar Act
Tax on sugar, molasses, and other goods shipped to colonies
Tariff
tax on imported goods
Stamp Act
law requiring all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing that a tax has been paid
Stamp Act Congress
group of colonists who protested the Stamp Act, saying that Parliament couldn't tax without colonist' consent
Sons of Liberty
secret society formed to oppose British policies
Speculate
to buy as an investment
Boycott
refusal to buy
Proclamation if 1763
Brittish declaration the forbid colonists from settling west of the Appalachians
Declaratory Act
Britain proclaimed the right to tax colonists for no reason without challenge
Boston Massacre
incedent in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists
Propaganda
the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc.
Townshend Acts
laws passed in 1767 that taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea
Writs of Assistance
It was part of the Townshend Acts. It said that the customs officers could inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason. Colonists protested that the Writs violated their rights as British citizens.
Daughters of Liberty
An organization formed by women prior to the American Revolution They got together to protest treatment of the colonies by their British Rulers
Committees of Correspondence
Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies
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
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
Minutemen
Member of a militia during the American Revolution who could be ready to fight at a moment's notice
Intolerable Acts
in response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed, reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses
Justice Act
Colonist accused of capital crimes would be sent to Britain for trial, juries no longer made up of peers
1st Continental Congress
On September 1774, delegates from 12 colonies gathered in Philadelphia. After debating, the delegates passed a resolution backing Mass. in its struggle. Decided to boycott all British goods and to stop exporting goods to Britain until the Intolerance Acts
Lexington-Concord
the first battle of the American Revolution (April 19, 1775), The first battle of the Revolution in which British general Thomas Gage went after the stockpiled weapons of the colonists in Concord, Massachusetts.
Loyalists
American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
Patriots
Colonists who wanted independence from Britain
militia
civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
2nd Continental Congress
Congress of American leaders which first met in 1775, declared independence in 1776, and helped lead the United States during the Revolution
Siege
the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack
Artillery
cannons and large guns