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Chapter 5
History
Term | Definition |
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Sugar Act | 1764, put a tax on molasses |
Stamp Act | 1765, taxed things such as diplomas, wills, and marriage papers |
Petition | a formal written request to someone in authority signed by a group of people |
Boycott | to refuse to buy certain goods or services |
Townshend Acts | 1767, taxed goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea |
Writs of Assistance | allowed British officers to check a ship's cargo without given a reason |
Quartering Act | gave British soldiers the right to rest at any colonist's house instead of army camps |
Tea Act | 1773, let the British East India Company 1767, bypass the tea merchants and sell directly to the colonists |
Intolerable Atcs | had 4 parts: Boston Port Act Massachusetts Government Act Massachusetts Injustice Act Quartering Act |
Quebec Act | set up a government for Canada and gave complete religious freedom to French Catholics |
Militia | army of citizens who serve as soldiers during an emergency |
Minutemen | kept their muskets at hand and were prepared to fight at a minute's notice |