Vocabulary
Dealing with Great Britain
Taxes and More Taxes!!
100
The money earned from selling goods or providing a service.
What is Revenue?
100
The King said it protected the colonists, but it really kept them from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
100
Placed a tax on all printed materials such as newspapers, playing cards and deeds, etc.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
When people refuse to buy a product in order to show they disapprove of something.
What is Boycott?
200
The king (monarch) that issued taxes on the colonists after the French Indian War.
Who was King George III?
200
The Stamp Act Congress stated this.
What is the assemblies in the colonies were the only ones who could tax colonists?
300
A formal written opinion by a group sent to another group. Such as a Supreme Court ruling.
What is a Resolution?
300
Because Britain had a huge war debt they had to pay off.
What is Why did the King tax the colonies?
300
They asked Parliament to Repeal of the Stamp Act.
Who were the British merchants?
400
A stuffed figure that represents someone which is burned in protest of something.
What is an Effigy?
400
Colonial response to the Sugar Act and other taxes.
What is Smuggling?
400
No! You are part of OUR Colonies! We are the only ones who have the power to tax you!
What is the Declaratory Act?
500
Writ of Assistance.
What is a document that allowed soldiers or officers to search colonists homes for smuggled goods?
500
It lowered the tax on Molasses to stop the colonists from smuggling.
What is The Sugar Act?
500
The final tax placed on glass, paper and TEA!! This one pushed the colonists over the edge!
What is The Townshend Act?
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