| vocabulary term |
answer |
| What did the Proclamation of 1763 do? | the British restricted settlement of land west of Appalachians---did not want another war with Native Americans like the Pontiac Rebellion |
| What was the result of Proclamation of 1763 ? | settlors/colonist got mad at British because the colonists wanted to settle in the OHIO VALLEYl |
| Quartering Act | Bristish Parliment wanted to save money and passed a law that forced colonists to house British soldiers in their homes. |
| What was the puropose of the various taxes that Brisitish Parliment passed? | The Bristish Parliment passed a bunch of different taxes on the colonist to pay the cost of the French and Indian Wars |
| Taxation without Representation | this what colonist called the British Parliment passing laws without the colonial legislation's approval. |
| Sugar Act | British Parlimanent passed tax on Sugar Molasses etc that were shipped to the colonies. |
| Why did the colonist object to the Sugar Act- | Colonist did not like to be taxed without consent and law called for harsh punishment for smugglers |
| Stamp Act | British Parliment passed law requiring the colonist pay a tax on documents that required an official stamp |
| Name the type of documents that required a Stamp | Diploma, contracts, Wills, newspapers |
| What was Sons of Liberty? | Secret Sociteyformed to oppose British policies. |
| Name some of the things the Sons of Liberty did? | They were middle class people that sometimes used violence to oppose British- they burned stamp paper, attacked custom officials and tarred and feathered custom officials. |
| What did the Bristish do in response to the oppostion to the Stamp Act? | Bristihs repealed the act in 1766 |
| What replaced the Stamp Act? | Declaratory Act |
| What was the Declaratory Act?a | Said that the Bristish Parliment has the SUPREME right to govern colonies. |
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