People
The Daughters of Liberty (Late 1760s)
A group of colonial women who protested British taxes by boycotting British goods, spinning their own cloth, and promoting colonial-made goods.
The Sugar Act (1764)
This British law imposed taxes on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies, heightening colonial tensions due to tax enforcement without representation.
Patriot
wanted to break away from British rule and create an independent country
The Stamp Act (1765)
Required colonists to purchase a stamp for all printed materials. This direct tax was met with intense colonial resistance and marked one of the first united protests against British rule.
Boston Harbor
site of the Boston Tea Party/Massacre -- later shut down
The Sons of Liberty (1765)
A secret organization formed to oppose British policies, the Sons of Liberty held protests, often targeting British officials and customs houses.
Quartering Act (1774)
Another of the Intolerable Acts requiring colonies to house and supply British troops, which colonists viewed as an infringement on their rights.
Loyalist
wanted the American colonies to remain a part of the British Empire
The Stamp Act Congress (1765)
Delegates from nine colonies met to organize a collective response to the Stamp Act, drafting petitions and bolstering the idea of unity among the colonies.
The Tea Act (1773)
Allowed the British East India Company to sell tea directly to the colonies, undercutting colonial merchants and leading to the Boston Tea Party.
Unity
the cooperation and shared purpose among the thirteen colonies as they collectively moved toward independence from British rule.
The First Continental Congress (1774)
Representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies met to organize resistance against the Intolerable Acts and to establish a unified colonial voice.
The Townshend Acts (1767)
Series of laws imposing taxes on imported goods like glass, tea, and paper, intensifying colonial resistance and leading to boycotts.
"No taxation without representation" -- what does it mean?
It expressed the belief that the British Parliament had no right to impose taxes on the colonies, such as the Stamp Act, because the colonists had no say in its laws.