an Act passed by Parliament that taxed almost all printed materials
What is the Stamp Act?
100
a general search warrant that allowed British officers to enter any place to seek evidence of illegal trade
What is a writ of assistance?
100
a protest movement in which people refuse to buy goods or deal with another country
What is a boycott?
100
the name of the administrative body in Great Britain composed of men appointed by the king, who advised him on colonial policy
What is the Privy Council?
100
a form of government based on representatives of the people rather than a direct democracy
What is a republic?
200
Acts passed by Parliament were meant to punish Boston and the people of Massachusetts for destroying tea
What are the Intolerable Acts. or Coercive Acts?
200
an Act passed by Parliament that banned the colonists from expanding westward beyond the Appalachian Mountains?
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
200
the area that Great Britain and France initially disputed and fought over in North America
What is the Ohio River Valley?
200
he first started the Committee of Correspondence in Boston
Who is Samuel Adams?
200
the chief restriction on voting in the colonies
What is property ownership?
300
an Act passed by Parliament that was designed to reduce or stop smuggling?
What is the Sugar Act?
300
Acts passed by Parliament that taxed imported goods at the port of entry, such as glass and lead
What are the Townshend Acts?
300
the war fought between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754-1763
What is the French and Indian War?
300
the name given to an army of ordinary citizens
What is a militia?
300
the economic theory that a nation's power is based on wealth and a favorable balance of trade
What is mercantilism?
400
this Act passed by Parliament closed Boston harbor and banned town meetings
What are the Intolerable Acts or Coercive Acts?
400
an Act passed by Parliament that stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the British Colonies in all cases
What is the Declaratory Act?
400
the event in which the Sons of Liberty, dressed as Mohawks boarded ships and threw the ship's cargo overboard
What is the Boston Tea Party?
400
British colonists who favored Great Britain and did not want to rebel
Who are Loyalists?
400
the purpose of the committees of correspondence
What is to circulate the colonists' grievances against Great Britain?
500
Which Act passed by Parliament attempted to save the East India Company from going under?
What is the Tea Act?
500
an Act passed by Parliament that placed a tax on playing cards
What is the Stamp Act?
500
the event in which townspeople attacked a British guard with snowballs and rocks
What is the Boston Massacre?
500
the British philosopher who wrote the Second Treatise of Government, arguing that citizens have the right to overthrow any government that does not protect their natural rights