Chaoter 5 Section 2 Flashcards
Organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products
Boycott
Import tax
Duty
Written request to a government
Petition
Court order that allowed officials to make searches without saying what they were searching for
Writ of assistance
Smallest quantity possible
Minimum
Emotional
Appealing to the emotions or feelings of people
____ gained vast lands after the seven years war.
Britain
______,the leader of Ottawa , took action to stop settlers from pushing west.
Pontiac
The British defeated Pontiac in _____ but thousands of settlers and native Americans had been killed.
1764
What was the point of the Proclamation of 1763 and what did it enforce?
To avoid future wars.
Forbid colonists from settling west of a line drawn by the Appalachian mountains.
The proclamation of 1763 angered many colonists because….
They believed they had the right settle wherever they wanted.
Britain continued to spend money on troops to ___________.
Protect colonists from native Americans .
Sugar Act 1764
Put a duty on products such as molasses
Quartering Acts 1765
Required colonists to house British troops
Stamp Act 1765
Required colonists to buy ace rain for many products and activities.
________ organized boycotts against British goods.
Merchants
Of all the new laws the ________ act was the most unpopular.
Stamp
Delegates from nine colonies formed the ______ and sent a petition to the king and parliament demanding the repeal of the tax laws.
Stamp act congress.
Parliament repeal the stamp act but passed the _________ act , stating that parliament had total authority over the colonies.
Declaratory
The __________ acts taxed goods brought into the colonies.parliament repealed all but the tax on ___.
Townsend
Tea
Boston massacre.
1770 an angry crowd surrounded a group of soldiers. The soldiers fired and killed 5 people.
Leaders from different colonies began exchanging information and ideas , helping to unite colonists against the British.
Committees of Correspondence
