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An alliance of Native American nations that worked together for protection and trade.
Iroquois Confederation
British law that prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
Lawyer who argued that the colonies should not be taxed without representation.
James Otis
British political group that generally supported limits on royal power.
Whigs
General search warrant that allowed British officials to search for smuggled goods.
Writ of Assistance
Groups of Native Americans who lived mainly in the northeastern and eastern parts of North America.
Algonquin Tribes
Virginia politician who strongly opposed British taxation and supported colonial rights.
Patrick Henry
Patriot leader who organized resistance against British policies and taxes.
Samuel Adams
British tax on sugar and other goods imported into the colonies.
Sugar Act
Law that gave the British East India Company special advantages in selling tea to the colonies.
Tea Act
The war between Britain and France over control of North American territory.
French and Indian War
Meeting where colonial representatives protested the Stamp Act.
Stamp Act Congress
Letter encouraging colonies to work together against the Townshend Acts.
Massachusetts Circular Letter
Law requiring colonists to help provide housing and supplies for British soldiers.
Quartering Act
Punishments Britain placed on Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
Coercive Acts
Benjamin Franklin's cartoon encouraging the colonies to unite against their enemies.
Join or Die Cartoon
Groups of colonists who protested British taxes and policies.
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Groups that shared information about British actions and organized colonial resistance.
Committees of Correspondence
Tax requiring stamps on newspapers, legal documents, and other printed materials.
Stamp Act
Writer who published Common Sense and encouraged colonists to seek independence.
Thomas Paine
Benjamin Franklin's plan to unite the colonies for defense and cooperation.
Albany Plan of Union
Essays arguing that Parliament should not tax the colonies without their consent.
John Dickinson, Letter from a Pennsylvania Farmer
Britain's lawmaking body.
Parliament
Taxes on imported goods such as glass, paper, paint, and tea.
Townshend Acts
Thomas Paine's pamphlet arguing that the colonies should become independent from Britain.
Common Sense