Vocabulary
Revenue
What is Incoming money from taxes or other sources?
What did the Stamp Act tax?
Taxed newspapers, almanacs, pamphlets, broadsides, legal documents, dice, and playing cards.
What were the Townshend Acts
A series of laws passed by the British government on the American colonies in 1767.
When did the Boston Massacre take place.
March 6, 1770
What did Parliament do to reduce tensions in the colonies
They repealed almost all of the Townshend acts
What is Commodity?
A good that people buy and sell.
What is the major issue concerning the Stamp Act?.
Required colonists to pay taxes on every page of printed paper they used
What did the Townshend Acts do.
Placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists.
What instigated the conflict in Boston
Many taxes against the colonists followed by British soldiers in their towns
What tax did they keep?
Tea tax
Boycott
BoycottTo engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with a person, a store, or an organization usually to express disapproval or force acceptance of certain conditions
What is the Stamp Act
A tax on paper used in the American colonies in 1765
What were the next taxes.
Taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea
What was the outcome of the Boston Massacre
More fights broke out in Boston. The colonists became even more angry and determined to be free from British rule
What was the Tea Act in 1773?
British East India Company could sell tea directly to the colonists.
What is Propaganda
Ideas or information intentionally spread to harm or help cause information used to influence opinion
Why is the Stamp Act important
to help pay for British troops stationed in the colonies during the Seven Years' War
Who was established to collect taxes.
American Customs Board in Boston
Who was one of the first colonists to get shot at the Boston Massacre
Crispus Attuucks
What fears did colonists have because of the Tea Act?
They feared the cheap tea would put them out of business
Rebellion
What is open defiance of authority
How did the colonists protest against the Stamp Act?
The protests began with petitions, led to refusals to pay the tax, and eventually to property damage and harassment of officials.
What are some freedoms taken away from the colonists.
British officials were given the right to search colonists houses and businesses
What problems did the Boston Massacre cause?
Incensed colonists already weary of British rule and unfair taxation and roused them to fight for independence
What happened at the Boson Tea Party?
Colonists disguised as Native Americans sneaked onto the three tea filled ships.