British Actions
Law taxing sugar and other goods imported to the colonies.
Sugar Act
Protest where colonists dumped British tea in the Boston Harbor.
Boston Tea Party
Goods sent OUT of the country.
Export
King of Great Britain during the American Revolution.
King George III
A war between Britain and France in North America over land claims. Britain won but went into debt.
French and Indian War
Law that allowed the British East India Company to sell tea cheaply while keeping a tax on it.
Tea Act
Daughters of Liberty
Goods brought in the country.
Imports
Leader known for his large signature on the Declaration of Independence.
John Hancock
British soldiers killed five colonists during a confrontation (battle).
Boston Massacre
Law taxing printed materials such as newspaper and legal documents.
Stamp Act
Violent punishment used to intimidate (frighten) British officials and loyalists.
Tar & Feather
Money that is owed.
Debt
Leader who helped organize resistance to British policies. (Leader of Sons of Liberty)
Samuel Adams
To cancel or end a law.
Repeal
Law requiring colonists to house British soldiers.
Quartering Act
Secret group that protested British taxes.
Sons of Liberty
Tax on imported goods.
Tariff
Person famous for warning colonists of approaching British troops.
Paul Revere
Fertile area west of the Appalachian Mountains, claimed by Britain and France.
Ohio River Valley
Law banning colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
Refusal to buy goods as a form of protest.
Boycott
Money required by a government from its people to pay for public expenses.
Tax
A leader, diplomat and writer who helped gain French support during the Revolutionary War.
Benjamin Franklin
Britain's lawmaking body that taxed and governed the colonies.
Parliament