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STAMP ACT - a law passed by the British Parliament that placed a direct tax on all paper goods in the American colonies
SONS OF LIBERTY - organized boycotts, protests, and used violence against tax collectors
TOWNSEND ACT - taxed lead, paper, paint, tea, and glass
BOSTON MASSACRE - a deadly street confrontation on March 5, 1770, in Boston, Massachusetts, where British soldiers fired into an angry and volatile mob of colonists, killing five people.
PROTEST - a public objection, refusal, or resistance by someone against someone or something.
PAUL REVERE - was an American silversmith, patriot, and Sons of Liberty member who became a folk hero of the American Revolution for his midnight ride on April 18, 1775
PATRIOTS - Colonists who supported Great Britain were called loyalists, and those who wanted independence
THOMAS JEFFERSON - main author of the document
JOHN ADAMS - supporter of independence and helped write and revise the document
BEN FRANKLIN - inventor of bifocal glasses and the lightening rod, diplomat during the American Revolution, and helped write and revise the document
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