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A free black sailor who was killed in the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
When the market instead of the government determines what goods and services cost.
Free-enterprise system
Incident where Bostonians protested against British soldiers on March 5, 1770, that resulted in the deaths of five people.
Boston Massacre
This woman wrote plays that made fun of British officials.
Mercy Otis Warren
A letter writing campaign that wrote letters and pamphlets report to other colonies on events in Massachusetts.
Committee of Correspondence
Tax on goods like glass, paint, lead, and paper.
Townshend Acts
When officers were allowed to inspect a ship's cargo without giving reason.
Writs of assistance
First major battle of the Revolutionary War showing that colonists could fight well.
Battle of Bunker Hill
An army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency.
Militia
This act let the British East India company bypass colonial tea merchants and sell directly to colonists.
Tea Act
Incident where colonists dumped 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest taxes.
Boston Tea Party
First meeting of colonial delegates in Philadelphia in September 1774.
First Continental Congress
Colonists who favored war against Britain
Patriot
Four harsh laws that pushed colonists towards war.
Intolerable Acts
colonists who remained loyal to britten
Loyalist
Rights that are given to you at birth. These rights can not be taken from you.
Natural Rights
Officially ended the American Revolution, recognizing the United States as an independent nation and setting its borders.
Treaty of Paris (1783)
The rights that allow you to choose how you live.
Unalienable Rights
Announced the colonies freedom from Britain and declared their rights to liberty and equality.
Declaration of independence
Thomas Paine urged American independence, inspiring colonists to reject monarchy and support self-rule.
Common sense
Taxed paper goods, angering colonists and leading to protests over unfair taxation.
Stamp Act
Was the last big battle of the American Revolution, where the British surrendered.
Battle of Yorktown