Vocab 1
Those loyal to England and supported the king and Parliament
Loyalists
Who created taxes?
Parliament
Was created to protest actions of Parliament
The Sons of Liberty
Who could vote in the elections to choose the members of Parliament?
ONLY those living in Great Britain
To reverse a law or act
Repeal
British soldiers who lived in the colonies to protect citizens and to make sure taxes were collected
Regulars
He was a runaway enslaved person who is considered the first casualty in the American War of Independence
Crispus Attucks
This was a major part of the colonists' culture and lifestyle (they boycotted it)
Tea
Finish the statement:
"No taxation without ... !"
"representation"
Cruel government rule
Tyranny
Those who wanted independance
Patriots
A tax on all paper products
The Stamp Act
Known for the "Give me liberty or give me death" statement
The conflict started when colonists threw stones, ice and coal at the soldiers
The Boston Massacre
The leader of Parliament
The prime minister
To refuse to buy something as a form of protest
Boycott
Forced colonists to house and provide food for British troops
The Quartering Act
Where most tea was grown
Asia
A rich and outspoken leader in the Sons of Liberty. The British colonial officials were suspicious of him.
John Hancock
A person who examines and measures land
When no one else sells the same product
Monopoloy
This line divided the North and South in the 1800's
The Mason-Dixon Line
A mob destroyed his home and threatened his family. He was also kicked out of Boston.
Thomas Hutchinson
These tea parties actually dumped cases of tea into the harbors
Boston and New York
A meeting of colonial representatives where they wrote a petition to King George III to remove the recent acts applied to Massachusetts
First Continental Congress