Chapter 5 Flashcards
What does salutary neglect mean?
Salutary neglect is an American history term that refers to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England.
Why did England place a number of taxes (acts) against the colonists?
To pay for the F&I War
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?
Lowered the tax on molasses to try and convince people to stop smuggling
What was the problem for the colonists with the Sugar Act? (What British law was contradicted?)
The law of innocence until proven guilty
What was the Stamp Act?
Taxed almost all printed material
Who persuaded the House of Burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act?
Patrick Henry
What was the purpose of the Sons of Liberty?
To protect the rights of the colonists and fought taxation by the British and was founded by Samuel Adams
Who was the founder of the Sons of Liberty?
Samuel Adams
What was important about the Declaratory Act?
Taxed imported goods before they arrived
How many people were killed at the Boston Massacre?
5
What Acts were repealed due to the Boston Massacre
Townsend Act
What occurs when only one company controls a product?
Mnopoly
What event was a response to the Tea Act of 1773?
The Boston Tea Party
During the time of the Boston Tea Party most colonists considered themselves to be part of what empire?
British
