Section 1: No taxation without representation Flashcards
Treaty of Paris 1763
an effect of the French and Indian War; treaty ended the war; France gave up all land in North America; everything east of Mississippi river now belonged to Britain; Natives lost their all + trading partner (France)
Proclamation of 1763
another effect of the French and Indian War; passed by British; colonists = not allowed to move west of the Appalachian mountains; this was to prevent future conflicts between colonists + Natives; colonists = furious
revenue
income
Stamp Act
taxed almost all printed materials; repealed by the Parliament later because the British boycotts were hurting the British businesses
boycott
a refusal to buy British goods
Sons of Liberty
protestors burned effigies to make it look like unpopular tax collectors
effigies
stuffed figures
Stamp Act Congress
Stamp Act Congress sent a statement to the king + Parliament declaring that only colonial assemblies could tax the colonists
Townshend ACts
taxed items such as glass, tea, and paper; tax was paid when goods arrived
Daughters of Liberty
supported another boycott of British goods; urged colonists to wear homemade fabrics rather than buying fabric made in Britain