Chapter 4 Review Flashcards
British policy of non-interference with colonial trade
salutary neglect
tax paid on goods
duty
Act that said all ships going to or from colonial ports had to be American or British
Navigation Act of 1651
Act that helped the owners of sugar plantations in the West Indies
Sugar Act of 1764
Colonial products such as sugar, tobacco, indigo and cotton that could be shipped only to Britain
enumerated commodities
series of laws whose goal was to benefit British merchants and manufacturers at the expense of colonies
Trade and Navigation Acta
Ben Franklins proposal to create a union of the colonies
Albany Plan
Civilians trained to fight as soldiers in emergencies
militia
Ended French and Indian war, gave all land east of Mississippi, Florida, and Canada to England
Treaty of Paris 1763
Prevented settlement west of Appalachian mountains
Proclamation Act of 1763
Direct tax placed on cards, legal documents, and news papers
The Stamp Act
refusal to buy goods
boycott
placed duties on tea, paint, glass, and paper
Townshend Act
ordered colonies to provide barracks and supplies for British troops in America
Quartering Act of 1765
First violence between colonist and British troops
Boston Massacre