British
Colonists
Laws
Boston
Mixed Bag
100
Redcoat
British soldiers
100
the tree where the Patriots met
Liberty Tree
100
British tax on printed paper goods in the American colonies
Stamp Act
100
The time when 5 colonists were killed by British soldiers by accident
Boston Massacre
100
the activities of countries to make money
Econonmy
200
King George III
the King of England
200
Written by Thomas Paine -when a King is in charge of a government it doesn't work very well. -The government should be close you, NOT far away.
Common Sense
200
These laws taxed glass, paint, paper, and tea.
Townshend Acts
200
In reaction to the new British laws colonists dressed up as Native Americans and threw tea into the Boston Harbor as a form of protest.
Boston Tea Party
200
to take away
Confiscate
300
Loyalists
the colonists who supported the British Government (they wanted to remain British Citizens)
300
Armies made up of soldiers that are volunteers and do not get paid
Militias
300
Laws that closed Boston Harbor and forced Colonists to let soldiers live in their homes. This made more colonists think about separating from England.
Intolerable Acts
300
People that live in the colonies and fought against the British rules, they wanted to form their own country.
Patriot
300
Big group of people that talked about what the British did that made the colonists upset.
(First) Continental Congress
400
to quit or cancel
Repeal
400
people in a meeting that represent a bigger group of people
Delegates
400
A document that nicely told all of the colonists' complaints to the King
Declaration of Rights and Grievances
400
Ship goods you make to other places to sell.
Export
400
To like something or fight against
Protest
500
Import
The process of using ships to bring goods into a country
500
Group of colonists that wanted to end the Townshend acts, and for America to become its' own country
Son's of Liberty
500
Document that declared that the colonists were no longer British Citizens. They were now Americans.
Declaration of Independence
500
Money that you have to pay to the Government
Taxes
500
The time when delegates organized the small armies into one big Continental Army.
Second COntinental Congress
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