-court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods

-prohibited colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains on Native American land

-to refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval

-a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual

this law taxed almost all printed materials/newspapers/wills/trading cards

lowered the tax on molasses the colonists imported (in hopes it would keep them from smuggling) also allowed officers to seize goods from smugglers without going to court

tax on imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper. Tax was to be paid before the goods were brought inside the colonies.

Committee of correspondence

-an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies.

a deadly clash between British soldiers and a Boston mob in 1770. British reinforcements killed 5 men and wounded others.

Bostonians protested the Tea Act of 1773, by disguising themselves as Mohawk Indians and dumping tea owned by the British East India Company, into the water.

(Parliaments response for the Boston Tea Party) closed the Port of Boston to all shipping. This was to remain in effect until the colonists paid for the dumped tea. It also decreased the power of local authority and increased power of royal authority.

ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause

-civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute’s notice

-American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence

American colonist who favored American independence

-the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written

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Unit 5 vocabulary

15 words that are going to be on upcoming test

Question	Answer
Writs of assistance	-court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods
Proclamation of 1763	-prohibited colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains on Native American land
Boycott	-to refuse to buy items in order to show disapproval
Effigy	-a mocking figure representing an unpopular individual
Stamp Act	this law taxed almost all printed materials/newspapers/wills/trading cards
Sugar Act	lowered the tax on molasses the colonists imported (in hopes it would keep them from smuggling) also allowed officers to seize goods from smugglers without going to court
Townshend Acts	tax on imported goods such as glass, tea, and paper. Tax was to be paid before the goods were brought inside the colonies.
Committee of correspondence	-an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies.
Boston Massacre	a deadly clash between British soldiers and a Boston mob in 1770. British reinforcements killed 5 men and wounded others.
Boston Tea Party	Bostonians protested the Tea Act of 1773, by disguising themselves as Mohawk Indians and dumping tea owned by the British East India Company, into the water.
Intolerable Acts	(Parliaments response for the Boston Tea Party) closed the Port of Boston to all shipping. This was to remain in effect until the colonists paid for the dumped tea. It also decreased the power of local authority and increased power of royal authority.
Propaganda	ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help a cause
Minutemen	-civilian sworn to be ready to fight with only one minute’s notice
Loyalist	-American colonist who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence
Patriot	American colonist who favored American independence
Preamble	-the introduction to a formal document that often tells why the document was written

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