Vocabulary
Having the power to make laws
Legislative
What did the sugar act tax?
This war was fought between the French and British
French and Indian War
When Boston citizens were shot at by British Soldiers
Boston Massacre
A way of protesting when you refuse to purchase goods from a company or country
Boycott
A public or official announcement
Proclamation
This taxed items such as legal papers and playing cards in the colonies
Stamp Act
This act passed after the French and Indian War to prevent colonists from going West
Proclamation of 1763
Violent of disturbance of the peace by a crowd
Riot
When goods are shipped or brought into a country
Imports
A written request
Petition
This forced the colonies to pay for housing the British military within the colonies
Quartering Act
The French would ally with this group to fight the British
The Native Americans/Indians
Brutal slaughter of people
Massacre
When goods are shipped or sent to another country
Export
To prove that you are right and fair
Petition
This taxed imported goods such as paper, glass, lead and tea to the colonies
Townshend Acts
Taxes created in order to pay for this
British soldiers/French and Indian War
Spreading of information to create an emotional response
Propaganda
A supreme ruler, especially a monarch
Sovereign
This stated a boundary would be created that prevented colonists from going west
Proclamation of 1763
Governing body of Great Britain
Parliament
Name of captain at Boston Massacre
Captain Preston
Name of the group that punished the tax collectors
Sons of Liberty