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search warrants to enter homes or businesses to search for smuggled goods

American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution

American colonist who supported the British in the American Revolution

someone who didn’t side with the British or the rebels

income a government collects to cover expenses

a refusal to buy certain goods

force of armed civilians pledged to defend their community during the American Revolution

a cannon or large gun

man that argued in court against illegal search warrants

British monarch

member of Virginia’s House of Burgesses who called for resistance against the Stamp Act.

a leader of the Boston Sons of Liberty. He urged colonists to resist British controls.

hero for America’s struggle for freedom. Lost his life during the Boston Massacre while he was protesting. He was half African-American and half Native American

defended the soldiers who fired the shots during the Boston Massacre.

three minutemen who opposed British control.

group of colonists who staged protests against the Stamp Act.

said that colonists could not settle past the Appalachians and those already there were to make peace with the natives.

placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other goods.

required colonists to house British soldiers and provide them with supplies.

required all documents, newspapers, contracts, wills, and other things to have an official stamp showing that a tax was paid.

act that repealed the Stamp Act

mainly made to raise revenue in the colonies to pay the salaries of governors and judges

passed in response to the Boston Tea Party. They closed the port of Boston until colonists paid for the destroyed tea.

Occurred on March 5, 1770. Soldiers fired at protestors and killed 8 men.