Written by John Dickenson, submitted to King George in an attempt to assert the colonists rights while remaining loyal to the British crown. 

A tax passed in 1765, requiring all American colonists to pay a tax on all paper products purchased.

A series of laws enacted in 1774, in response to the Boston Tea Party. The colonists called them the Coercive Acts.

Name given to the British Army. Named so because of the color of their coats.

Trade of slaves, cash crops, and other goods between West Africa, the colonies, and Europe.

Those who were against the British and wanted independence during the Revolutionary War.

An act requiring British soldiers to be housed in American barracks and public houses.

Name given to those who remain loyal to the British crown during the Revolution.

A series of laws that restricted the use of foreign ships to trade between Britain and its colonies

The legislature of a democratic government

Passed by Parliament, giving the (royally appointed) governor of Massachusetts wide-ranging powers.

Also known as the Intolerable Acts in America, these included the Boston Port Act, Quartering Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Massachusetts Government Act.

A series of four acts passed by Parliament to assert its authority over the colonists, and allowed for the extra collection of taxes.

An underground group of colonists who began forming to defend the rights of colonists

Refusing to buy, use, or participate in something as a way of protesting