Chapter 5 Flashcards
What three things lead to individualism being strong in the colonies?
1- Salutary Neglect
2- Act Independtly
3- More Landowner
Why did England place a number of taxes (acts) against the colonists?
War Debt
What is importing or exporting without paying proper taxes on goods? (Also GB’s top priority in the colonies at this time)
Smuggling
How was the Sugar Act supposed to stop smuggling?
Lower taxes on molasses
What was the problem for the colonists with the Sugar Act?
What British law was contradicted?
Law of Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Officers seizing goods without going to court from smuggling
What was the Stamp Act?
Placed tax on almost all printed material in the colonies.
Who persuaded the House of Burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act?
Patrick Henry
What was the purpose of the Sons of Liberty?
Secret Society formed to protect the rights of the colonist and fight taxation
Who was the founder of the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
What was important about the Declaratory Act?
Stated that England had the right to tax the colonies in all cases.
What was important about the Townshend Acts?
Taxed imported goods before they arrived in the colonies.
Who owned the ship Liberty?
John Hancock
What was required of colonial citizens when the Quartering Act was passed?
To house British soilders in barracks
What event did the Colonists use as an example of propaganda?
Boston Massacre
What is information designed to influence opinion?
Propaganda
How many people were killed at the Boston Massacre?
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