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This tax actually lowered prices, but was still met with resistance by the colonists.
What is the Tea Act?
An act that forced colonists to house British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
The first battles of the American Revolutionary War.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Along with the Green Mountain Boys, he captured Fort Ticonderoga.
Who is Ethan Allen?
People who wanted the American colonies to remain under British rule.
What are loyalists?
As an alternative to British tea, this drink became popular in the colonies.
What is liberty tea?
This act gave lands around the Ohio and Missouri Rivers to French Canadians and gave complete religious freedom to Catholic Christians.
What is the Quebec Act?
Kept their muskets at hand and were said to be ready to fight "at a minute's notice."
What are minutemen?
He became the leader of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
A formal written request to someone in authority.
What is a petition?
An act of protest in which hundreds of tea chests were emptied into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This meeting of colonial delegates ended with the colonists deciding to boycott British goods and raise a colonial militia.
What is the First Continental Congress?
People who wanted to break away from England and declare independence.
What are patriots?
Soldiers for hire.
What are mercenaries?
To refuse to buy certain goods and services.
What is boycott?
The refusal to obey laws that one considers unjust.
What is civil disobedience?
An army of citizens trained to serve as soldiers during an emergency.
What is a militia?
The first major battle of the American Revolutionary War, this battle showed that the fight would be long and bloody.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
Parliament passed this tax on molasses in 1764.
What is the Sugar Act?
Taxes passed on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.
What is the Townshend Act?
Acts that King George enacted to punish the colonists for their unruly behavior.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The colonies sent this to King George in an attempt to make peace, but it only served to enrage him further.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
Shutting a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out.
What is a blockade?
The "mad" King who passed more taxes onto the English colonies in North America.
Who is King George III?
This law made it possible for British officers to inspect a ship's cargo without giving a reason.
What are writs of assistance?