1. Proclamation of 1763 halted westward expansion and improved relations with native Americans.
2. The end of the French and Indian war left England with a huge debt, so they began taxing the colonies.
3. American juries often found smugglers innocent, so parliament passed a law that sent smugglers to vice-admiralty courts. These courts did not have juries to pass verdicts. Instead, they had officers to pass the verdict.
4. Writs of assistance allowed customs officers to enter any location and search for smuggled goods.
5. The sugar Act attempted to increase taxation revenue. It lowered the tax on molasses so that there would be less reason for smugglers to smuggle.
6. It angered colonists, because their rights were being infringed upon. They did not fell safe in their own homes. Vice-admiralty courts infringed upon their right to a jury, as well as leaving it up to them to prove their innocence in a court of law. 
7. In 1765, the stamp act was passed. This placed a tax on all printed materials. All printed materail had to have a stamp, which was to be applied by a British official.
8. Protests to the stamp act were harsh. Virginia assembly passed a resolution declaring it had the sole right to tax its citizens. They boycotted the British by not buying goods from them.
9. Members of the sons and daughters of liberty protested against British taxes.
10. Effigies are rag dolls of unpopular tax collectors that were burned or tortured, similar to voodoo dolls.
11. After the crisis in 1767, the British parliament passed the Townshend acts. These applied only to imported goods, with the taxes being collected at ports of entry.
12. In1768 in response to British official’s pleas that the colonies were on the brink of rebellion, Parliament sent two regiments of troops that made camp right in the middle of Boston.
13. The British massacre was when in reaction to riots in Boston, five people were killed by British troops.
14. The committee of correspondence circulated writings of rebellion.
15. The Boston tea party occurred in 1773 when sons of liberty from Boston sneaked aboard British ships and dumped their tea into the ocean.
16. The intolerable acts (name given by colonists) or coercive acts closed Boston harbors, banned town meetings, and allowed British officers to be tried in Britain when accused of a crime.
17. The Quebec act further angered colonists by setting up a permanent government in parts of Canada.
18. The continental congress was set up to establish a political body and challenge British rule.
19. It boycotted British goods by disallowing them to be bought or sold in or brought into the USA.
20. Minutemen were soldiers that would be ready to fight on a minute’s notice.
21. Sir Thomas Gage was sent to seize stockpiles, but most were gone by the time he got there.
22. The first battle of the Revolution was held in Lexington, and ended in American defeat.
23. The second battle was in Concord and ended in British defeat.
24. In Lexington, a single shot was fired before the volleys. This was known as the shot heard ‘round the world, and was the beginning of the revolution.
25. By the time the British reached Boston, 174 were wounded and 73 had been killed.
26. The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought on June 16th, 1775. Twelve hundred militiamen fortified Bunker Hill under William Presscot. The British won because the Americans ran out of ammo.
27. Loyalists- Did not consider unfair taxes and regulations without representation a good enough reason to rebel.
28. Patriots-Were determined to fight the British until American independence was won.