Patriots
Protest group led by Sam Adams that started Boston Massacre
Sons of Liberty
King of England during Revolution
King George III
This act required british soldiers to be posted in citizens homes
quartering act
Term for a volunteer or citizen soldier
Militia
This is the type of irregular warfare sullivan likes best. We used it at Battles of Lexington/Concord
guerilla warfare
Slang term used for British soldiers in the colonies
Lobsterbacks
This means the removal of a previous law
repeal
Required colonists to pay taxes to pay for salaries of british tax collectors
Townshend acts
the intolerable acts were also known as the:
Coercive Acts
biased or exaggerated news to influence people
propaganda
This Famous smugglers ship was stolen in the "Liberty Affair"
John Hancock
during the tea party the colonists dressed up in this disguise
Native Americans
These acts were designed specifically to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts
This major world event caused the bad blood and need for taxation in the colonies
French and Indian War
Tax on molasses
Sugar Act
First man killed at Boston Massacre-free black man
Crispus Attucks
the communication link used between the colonies
committees of correspondence
This act required a special government marking on all printed materials
Stamp Act
These were laws passed in the colonies authorizing taxation
resolutions
Refusing to purchase something you are protesting
boycott
Colonists burned figures dressed up at British officials
effigies
This attorney defended the british soldiers in the Boston massacre
John Adams
This act required the Colonists to purchase items only from the British East India Company
Tea Act
This act allowed the British Navy to board ships and search for any illegal stuff without a warrant
the term "Liberty" means
FREEDOM!