A free black man who was the first person killed in the Revolution at the Boston Massacre.

The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five Americans.

Ruler of England during the American Revolution.

1765 law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

Law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies.

Required the colonials to provide food, lodging, and supplies for the British troops in the colonies.

Leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies.

A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. They incited riots and burned the customs houses where the stamped British paper was kept.

A tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was placed on leads, glass, paint and tea.

A person who makes money by selling goods.

Incoming money

Legal document that enabled officers to search colonial homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled.

American Revolutionary leader and patriot, Founder of the Sons of Liberty and one of the most vocal patriots for independence; signed the Declaration of Independence.

America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts.

Organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies.

A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor..