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Chapter 5 Unit 3
Mr.Parks on 8-3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Incoming money | Revenue |
| Became prime minister of Britain and took action against colonial smuggling | Grenville |
| Document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled | Writs of Assistance |
| This act lowered the tax on molasses imported by the colonists | Sugar Act |
| Young lawyer in Bostonargued that no taxiation without representation, defined and defended colonial rights | Otis |
| Act that places a tax on almost all printed material in the colonies | Stamp Act |
| Persuaded the burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act | Henry |
| Formal expression of opinion | Resolution |
| Helped start an organization called Sons of Liberty | Adams |
| Members took to the streets to protest the Stamp Act | Son of Liberty |
| Rag figures representing an unpopular individual | Effigies |
| Where 9 delegates met in New York to draft a petition to the king and Parliament saying that colonies couldn't be taxed except b their own assenblies | Stamp Act Congress |
| Refuse to buy | Boycott |
| The act of not importing or using certain goods | Nonimportation |
| Cancel | Repal |
| This stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions or the British colonies | Declaratory Act |
| Set of laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that tried to avoid some of the problems the Stamp Act caused | Townshed Acts |
| Woman organized groups to support the boycott of British goods | Daughters of Liberty |
| First person killed in the Boston Massacre was a dockworker and part African part Native American | Attucks |
| March 5, 1770 5 colonists were killed by redcoats this was called | Boston Massacre |
| Information designed to influence opinion | Propaganda |
| Passed by Parliament in 1773, it excused the East India Company from paying tea taxes | Tea Act |
| On December 16 a group of men disguised as Mohawks and armed with hatchets marched to the wharves and at midnight, boarded the ships and threw 342 chests of tea overboard this was called | Boston Tea Party |
| King of Britian, vowed to punish Boston | George III |
| Passed by Parliament in 1744, they closed Boston Harbor, prohibited town meetings, and forced Bostonians to shelter soldiers in their homes |