Dealing with British
Enforcing Trade Laws
Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
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Who won the French and Indian war?
The British won the war, leading to them having a large amount of North America.
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What is a revenue?
Income. The British needed to pay of their war dept.
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What did the colonist believe the acts did?
They believed that it violated their rights.
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What year did parliament pass the stamp act?
1765
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What year was the Townshend Acts passed?
1767
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For the British, what advantages did the proclamation offer? (PART 1)
Helped keep peace between Native Americans and settlers.
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The king tried to...
issue new taxes on the colonies and also enforced old taxes more strictly. But it failed.
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The sugar act allowed officers to...
Seize goods from accused smugglers without going to court.
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What did the stamp act do?
Tax all printed materials.
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Parliament passed the Townshend Acts...
on tax imported goods, such as glass, tea, and paper.
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For the British, what advantages did the proclamation offer? (PART 2)
It kept colonists near the Atlantic Coast, where British authority was stronger and allowed Britain to control westward.
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In 1763 Britain's prime minister George Grenville set out to...
stop the smuggling
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What did the king aim to do with the Sugar Act ?
The king hoped this change would convince the colonists to pay the tax instead of smuggling.
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What printed material was taxed?
Newspapers, wills, and even playing cards needed a stamp to show that the tax had been paid.
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When were the taxes paid?
The tax was paid when the goods arrived—before they were brought inside the colonies.
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The Proclamation of ___ did what? (2 ANSWERS)
Proclamation of 1763, prohibited colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains, on Native American land.
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Parliament passed a law to have accused smugglers tried by royally appointed judges, which lead to...
Parliament created custom officers to obtain The Writs of Assistance.
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As British citizens, colonists argued, they had a right to...
A trial by jury and to be viewed as innocent until proved guilty, as stated in British law.
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WHAT was the Sons of Liberty and WHO started it?
It was a group of protesters that burned effigies to make it look like unpopular tax collectors.
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Why was the Townshend Acts created?
The Stamp Act taught the British that the colonists would resist internal taxes—those paid inside the colonies
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How many troops did the king send to the colonies to enforce the proclamation?
10,000
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What is The Writs of Assistance?
Documents allowed the officers to search almost anywhere—shops, warehouses, and even private homes—for smuggled goods.
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Colonists also believed they had the right to be...
secure in their homes—without the threat of officers barging in to search for smuggled goods.
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People in colonial cities urged merchants to boycott British goods in protest causing...
It to be repealed on March 1766.
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How did they protest this time?
They boycotted all British goods and wore homemade fabrics rather than buying fabric made in Britain.
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