Incoming money from taxes or other sources

Court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled (stolen) goods

An official expression of opinion

A mocking figure representing an unpopular individual

To refuse to buy items in order to protest certain actions or to force acceptance of one's terms

To cancel an act of law

An organization that spread political ideas and information through Britain's American colonies

Open defiance of authority

Issued by King George, this prohibited colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains, on Native American land

This was passed in 1764. It lowered the tax on the molasses the colonists imported in order to stop smuggling.

This was passed in 1765. This taxed almost all printed materials.

Parliament passed this in 1766. This stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the British colonies "in all cases"

Parliament passed this in 1767. They taxed imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper at the port of entry instead of in the colonies.

A violent and tragic encounter between the Bostonians and soldiers. The angry townspeople started throwing sticks and stones at the soldiers. This caused the soldiers to fight back and kill 5 colonists.

Parliament passed this to help save the British East India Company. This act gave the company nearly total control of the market for tea in the colonies. It also removed some, but not all of the taxes on tea.

This company was vital to the British economy. The colonists refused to import their tea. They continued shipping tea to Boston despite warnings

British East India Company shipped 3 ships to Boston and demanded they be unloaded. At midnight on December 16, 1773 the Boston Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and boarded the ships. They threw 342 chests of tea overboard

These laws were meant to punish the colonists for resisting British authority by banning town meetings and closing Boston Harbor

A member of the Virginia House of Burgesses who, in response to the Stamp Act, got the assembly to pass a resolution declaring that it had "the sole exclusive right and power to lay taxes" on its citizens

He helped to start the Sons of Liberty in Boston. He also put up posters about the Boston Massacre. He revived the Boston committee of correspondence and he was also one of the delegates of the Continental Congress

A group of protestors in Boston. They were responsible for numerous protests, one of which was their participation in the Boston Tea Party.

A name for the British troops who fought against the colonists.