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Writs of Assistance
Written orders issued by a court instructing a law enforcement official, such as a sheriff or tax collector, to preform a certain task.Slide2
Sugar Act
A law passed by Parliament in 1764 that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies; also called for harsh punishment of smugglers.Slide3
Stamp Act
A 1765 law passed by Parliament that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid.Slide4
Quartering Act
A cost saving law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers.Slide5
Patrick Henry
Outspoken critic of the Stamp Act and is best known for his speech ending with “Give me liberty, or give me death!”Slide6
Samuel Adams
Signer of the Declaration of Independence who was also a former governor of Massachusetts and a ringleader of the American Revolution.Slide7
Sons of Liberty
A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at the time of the American Revolution.Slide8
boycott
A refusal to buy certain goods.Slide9
Boston Massacre
A clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770, in which five of the colonists, including Crispus Attucks, were killed.Slide10
Crispus Attucks
American patriot, probably a fugitive slave, killed in the Boston Massacre.Slide11
propaganda
An opinion expressed for the purpose of influencing the actions of others.Slide12
John Adams
Leader of the American Revolution.Slide13
Tea Act
Act that gave a monopoly on tea sales to the East India Company.Slide14
Boston Tea Party
The dumping of 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the Tea Act.Slide15
Intolerable Acts
(Coercive Acts)
A series of laws enacted by Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party.Slide16
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first battles of the American Revolution. Famous words from these battles are: “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” and “The British are Coming!”Slide17
Loyalists
An American colonist who supported the British in the American Revolution.Slide18
Patriot
An American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution.