supporter of the Daughters of Liberty Abigail Adams and strong advocate of women's rights
created "Join or Die" snake image and Benjamin Franklin represented the colonists in England
incident in which the Boston Massacre British Army killed 5 civilians
organized protest against the Tea Act where colonists Boston Tea Party dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped 342 containers of tea into the Boston Harbor
how colonies Committees of communicated and Correspondence coordinated protest plans against Great Britain the first person killed Crispus Attucks during the Boston Massacre
an act immediately following the repeal of the Stamp Act Declaratory Act declaring that England controlled the colonies
group of delegates First Continental who met at Congress Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia
also known as the Coercive Acts. Four different acts Intolerable Acts created to punish colonists, in particular Massachusetts
an outspoken opponent of British taxation policies who James Otis famously said, "taxation without representation is tyranny" defense attorney for the British Boston Massacre John Adams soldiers and member of the First Continental Congress
referred to as the "Penman of the Revolution" for his writing John Dickinson his twelve "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"
his ship "Liberty" was impounded because of John Hancock contraband/smuggled goods
royal leader of King George III England during the American Revolution
also known as Tories, they were colonists Loyalists who were loyal to the king militia units that saw themselves as defenders of Minutemen their towns who were ready to assemble quickly for battle
radical advocate of Liberty, from Virginia who Patrick Henry famously said, "Give me liberty or Give me death."
people loyal to the Patriots colonial cause
silversmith and illustrator whose image of the Boston Paul Revere Massacre was used as propaganda against Britain
forbid colonists from settling west of the Proclamation of 1763 Appalachian mountains leader of the Sons of Liberty, wrote a circular letter opposing Samuel Adams the Intolerable Acts, and helped create colony's First Committee of Correspondence
extremist group Sons and Daughters formed to protect the of Liberty right of colonists
a tax on printed material such as wills, Stamp Act pamphlets, and newspapers
act giving the British East India Company a Tea Act monopoly or control on the tea trade by taxing tea
tax on paper, tea, Townshend Act glass, lead, and paints court orders allowing officers to search Writs of Assistance homes and businesses for smuggled goods