Placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies – newspapers, wills pamphlets, playing cards The Stamp Act Allowed the British East India Company to get a tax break on tea shipped to the colonies The Tea Act Closed Boston Harbor until ruined tea was paid for Banned town meetings Required colonists to feed & quarter British soldiers Coercive Act/ Intolerable Acts Placed a tax on glass, paint, lead and tea The Townshend Acts

British soldiers fire into a crowd of colonists killing five Boston Massacre Sons of Liberty dress up like Indians and toss 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor Boston Tea Party Gang of rebel colonists led by Samuel Adams who terrorized British tax collectors and promoted rebellion against British occupation Sons of Liberty Gave British officials permission to search anywhere for smuggled goods & allowed “guilty until proven innocent” mentality Writs of Assistance

British won the battle at Breed’s Hill but learned that defeating the colonist would not be quick or easy Bunker Hill “The Shot Heard Round the World” The first encounters between British regulars and Colonial minutemen. Concord, Lexington & the Old North Bridge “The British are coming! The British are coming!” Paul Revere Organized Committees of Correspondence, was the leader of Sons of Liberty, and owned a Tavern Samuel Adams

Incoming money Revenue To cancel an act or law. Repeal To refuse to buy items from a particular country Boycott Rag figure representing an unpopular individual Effigy

Ideas or information designed and spread to influence opinion Propaganda Companies of civilian soldiers who boasted that they were ready to fight on a minute’s notice Minuteman American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence Loyalist American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won Patriot

A law that was suppose to stop smuggling by lowering the tax on molasses imported by the colonists. Sugar Act