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Chapter 5
Chapter 5 vocab and people
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sugar Act | Tax on molasses, coffee, and indigo |
| Quartering Act | -British troops can stay in colonial homes -Colonists supply them with bedding, candles, and food |
| Stamp Act | -Tax on printable documents -Wax stamp showed payment -Result: protests and Stamp Act Congress |
| Stamp Act Congress | -9colonies send delegates to NYC to protest(No VA, NC, GA, WH) -Wrote a petition -Colonists boycott goods -The Stamp Act was repealed |
| "No taxation without representation" | Colonists thought taxes were unjust because they are not represented in parliament -Riots in cities, fires, effigies. |
| Townshend Act | tax on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea |
| Writs of Assistance | Allows British officials to go onto a boat without a warrant.(Lead to the nonimportation agreements. |
| Committee of Correspondents | Sam Adams organizes a group to send letters to keep other colonist informed. |
| Tea Act | Allows the British East India Tea Company to sell directly to the colonists |
| Intolerable Act | Punishment for the Boston Tea Party: -close down Boston Harbor -no more town meetings -British officials have trials in England -revised quartering act |
| First Continental Congress | delegates from twelve colonies sent to Phili. Goals: -continue boycotts -stop importing/exporting -set up miltias |
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