Law passed by Parliament in 1765 that taxed printed materials in the 13.

Groups of Patriots who worked to oppose British rule before the American Revolution

Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that texted goods imported by the 13 Colonies from Britain.

Organized refusal to buy goods.

Groups of American women Patriots who wove cloth to replace boycotted British goods.

Event in 1770 in Boston in which British soldiers killed five colonists who were part of an angry group that had surrounded them.

Law passed by Parliament in the early 1770s starting that only the East India Company, a British business, could sell tea to the 13 Colonies

Protest against British taxes in which the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbors in 1773

Laws passed by British Parliament to punish the people of Boston following the Boston Tea Party.

American colonists who opposed British rule.

Colonists who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution.

First Continental Congress

Meeting of representatives from every colony except Georgia held in Philadelphia in 1774 to discuss actions to take in response to the Intolerable Acts

Colonial militia groups that could be ready to fight at a minute's notice.

The war between the 13 Colonies and Great Britain from 1775 to 1783 in which the 13 Colonies won their independence and became the United States.

Battle of Bunker Hill

Costly victory for British troops over the Patriots in Charlestown, Massachusetts, n the American Revolution on June 17, 1775.

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History Chapter 8

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Term	Definition
Parliament	Britain's law-making assembly
Stamp Act	Law passed by Parliament in 1765 that taxed printed materials in the 13.
repeal	To cancel.
Sons of Liberty	Groups of Patriots who worked to oppose British rule before the American Revolution
Townshend Acts	Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that texted goods imported by the 13 Colonies from Britain.
tariff	Tax on imported goods.
boycott	Organized refusal to buy goods.
Daughters of Liberty	Groups of American women Patriots who wove cloth to replace boycotted British goods.
Boston Massacre	Event in 1770 in Boston in which British soldiers killed five colonists who were part of an angry group that had surrounded them.
Tea Act	Law passed by Parliament in the early 1770s starting that only the East India Company, a British business, could sell tea to the 13 Colonies
Boston Tea Party	Protest against British taxes in which the Sons of Liberty boarded British ships and dumped tea into Boston Harbors in 1773
Intolerable Acts	Laws passed by British Parliament to punish the people of Boston following the Boston Tea Party.
Partriots	American colonists who opposed British rule.
Loyalists	Colonists who remained loyal to the British during the American Revolution.
First Continental Congress	Meeting of representatives from every colony except Georgia held in Philadelphia in 1774 to discuss actions to take in response to the Intolerable Acts
Militia	Volunteer armies.
Minutemen	Colonial militia groups that could be ready to fight at a minute's notice.
American Revolution	The war between the 13 Colonies and Great Britain from 1775 to 1783 in which the 13 Colonies won their independence and became the United States.
Battle of Bunker Hill	Costly victory for British troops over the Patriots in Charlestown, Massachusetts, n the American Revolution on June 17, 1775.

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