Sheryl Johnson

advisers of the King of England who set policies governing the American colonies.

Lawmaking body of England

chief executive of an English

lawmaking body elected by the people

elected body given the responsibility of making law.

gathering of towns people act upon town business; early form of government esp. in New England

local government in the southern colonies

chief official of county court in the South

organized on the idea of no taxation without representation

was a radical who helped found the sons of liberty and was the author of the circular letter

was cousin of Sam Adams. Lawyer who helped defend the soldiers in the Boston Massacre.

Englishmen for whom tax laws were named for.

made a famous engraving of the Boston Massacre; also made famous The British are coming

British law that placed a tax on all printed matter in the colonies.

Patriot groups that fought against British author in the American colonies

British laws of 1767 that imposed taxes on colonial imports to pay British debts

tax on imports; in some countries also place on exports

tax on imports that was collected from shippers and paid by consumers in the form of higher prices

Plea issued by the Massachusettes legislature to other colonial assemblies that all colonists act together to resist taxation without representation

law passed in 1764 which taxed the colonists imports of sugar, wine, and coffee

tariff or tax placed on foreign goods brought into the country.

argument by colonists that they were taxed by the British without being represented by parliament

incident between British soldiers and American in 1770 Boston in which several Americans were killed