Before 1763 & Proclamation of 1763
Americans who believed that the colonies had the right to govern themselves
What are PATRIOTS
The unjust use of government power
What is TYRANNY
To provide housing and food to someone
What is TO QUARTER
Known as "Champagne Charlie"
Who is CHARLES TOWNSHEND
The killing of defenseless people
What is a MASSACRE
Americans who felt a deep loyalty to Great Britain
What are LOYALISTS
Colonists had to buy these and place them on all paper products
What are STAMPS
The law ordering colonial assemblies to provide British Troops with quarters or housing
What is THE QUARTERING ACT
The 1767 Acts placing a duty on certain goods the colonies imported from Britain
What are THE TOWNSHEND ACTS
The patriots made fun of this group of people by calling them "Lobsterbacks"
Who are THE BRITISH SOLDIERS
Had the power to pass laws and create taxes and decide how each colony's taxes should be spent
What are COLONIAL ASSEMBLIES
To take back, or to cancel a law
What is REPEAL
This colonial assembly was shut down by the British government for refusing to provide British soldiers with "salt, vinegar and liquor"
What is THE NEW YORK ASSEMBLY
To refuse to buy one or more goods from a certain source.
What is a BOYCOTT
March 5th, 1770 Boston MA
What is THE BOSTON MASSACRE
The war between France and Britain for territory and power
What is THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
"Mobs" calling themselves this attacked tax collectors' homes.
What is THE SONS OF LIBERTY
Known leader of the Sons of Liberty that led the opposition to the Townshend Acts
Who is SAM ADAMS
This group of colonists sewed dresses out of homespun cloth, brewed tea from pine needles, and bought only American-made goods.
Who are the COLONIAL WOMEN
Two British bullets struck this large, black man at the front of the crowd
Who is CRISPUS ATTUCKS
The document drawing a line along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains forcing the American settlers to stay to the east of that line and the Native Americans to stay to the west
What is THE PROCLAMATION OF 1763
The colonists cried this slogan to protest the Stamp Act
The repeal of the Townshend Acts left one duty, or tax on this well-loved product
What is TEA
The "great, heavy, booby-looking man" that repealed all of the Townshend Acts, save one, in 1770
Who is LORD NORTH
This patriot actually defended the British soldiers in court following the Boston Massacre
Who is John Adams