Americans that believed the colonies had a right to govern themselves & rebelled against British control during the American Revolution.

A war for territory between the French/Indians vs. Great Britain. It led to a LARGE war debt for Great Britain.

Prohibited (stopped) settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mnts. in hope that it would stop conflict with Native Americans.

A TAX that Required colonists to buy stamps for all paper products to pay for war debts.

A TAX that ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with quarters (housing) and any other items they wanted.

A TAX on goods imported from Great Britain such as glass, paint, paper, & tea to help pay for British Army in the colonies. (later repealed/take back)

A riot arising from the resentment of Boston colonists toward British troops quartered in the city, in which the troops fired on the mob and killed 5 colonists.

Lowered the cost of tea that was sold by the British East India Company in the colonies creating a monopoly in the colonies.

A raid on three British ships in Boston Harbor in which the Sons of Liberty, disguised as Indians, threw tea (90,000 lbs.) into the harbor as a protest against the TEA ACT.

A new series of HARSH British taxes in response to the Boston Tea Party. Colonists named them intolerable (unacceptable).

A meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies that met in Philadelphia early in the American Revolution. It was called in response to the Intolerable Acts. (asked the king to listen to their complaints and they called for a boycott of British goods).

This meeting led to the 13 colonies asking the king to listen to their complaints and they called for a boycott of British goods.

The 1st battle of the Revolutionary War, fought in Massachusetts. British troops moved from Boston to (this location) to seize the colonists' military supplies and arrest rebels.

Reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives and became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution.