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| allowed customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods |
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| This lowered the tax on molasses imported by colonists. The British hoped the lower tax would convince the colonists to pay the tax instead of smuggling. |
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| placed a tax on all printed materials in the colonies - everything from newspapers and pamphlets to wills and playing cards |
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| stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies "in all cases." |
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| Taxes that applied to imported goods, with the tax being paid at the port of entry. The goods taxed were lead, glass, paper and tea. |
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| A group led by Samuel Adams who protested the acts placed on the colonists. They would raid and destroy British officials' houses, boycott and protest in any way. |
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| An event that had British soldiers firing upon colonists, killing five people. This event will be used as rallying call for people to stand up against the British. |
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| information designed to influence opinion |
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| The Sons of Liberty, dressed as Mohawk Indians, board ships and throw 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor protesting the Tea Act. |
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| This act gave the British East India Company the right to ship tea to the colonies without paying most of the taxes usually placed on tea. It also bypassed colonial merchants by allowing the company to sell directly to shopkeepers at a low price. |
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| Intolerable/Coercive Acts |
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| Punishment by Britain against Boston for the Tea Party. It didi three things: 1. Shut down Boston Harbor. 2. Shut down town meetings. 3. Made colonists house British soldiers in their homes. |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| A group of representatives that met in Philadelphia to represent American interests and challenge British control. They decided to have the citizens arm themselves and create militias. |
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| groups of citizen soldiers |
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| one of the men who rode to warn the militia leaders that the British were heading towards Concord |
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| First battles of the American Revolution. British soldiers were trying to find ammunition and the militia leaders in Concord. They found nothing in Concord. They returned to Boston. On the way, they are ambushed by the minutemen. This event is known as "the shot heard 'round the world." |
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| A battle in which the Patriots had the hill and the British fought for it. In this particular battle the British realized that it would be easy to defeat the Americans. |
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| did not consider unfair taxes and regulations good reasons for rebellion |
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| were determined to fight the British to the end - until American independence was won |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| a group that met in Philadelphia. They first wrote the Olive Branch petition in order to ask the king to end the fighting and protect colonists' rights. When that failed, the Congress decided to move towards independence by writing the Declaration of Independence. |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| A document declaring the independence (freedom) of America. Its purpose was to say that government's power comes from its people. |
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| wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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| a law by the British government that kept the colonists from moving west of the Appalachian mountains |
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| "No Taxation without Representation" |
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| A motto that was used during the taxes that the colonists believed were unfair since there was no colonial representation on Parliament. |
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