Revolution

A group of colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies at time of the American Revolution

law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

a tax that the British Parliament placed on newspapers, playing cards, almanacs, and official documents

an act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists and use their food

An incident in which British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists who were teasing and taunting them; 5 colonists were killed

colonists dressed as Native Americans boarded a British ship and dumped 342 chests of tea off of it into Boston Harbor to protest taxes

Parliament passed a tax on items such as lead, glass, paint, and tea