What's the Word
A document that allowed British soldiers to search anywhere for smuggled goods.
Writs of Assistance
Prohibited settlers from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains to protect Native American lands
Proclamation of 1763
This document guaranteed certain rights to English citizens, including the right to a fair trial.
Magna Carta
A group formed by colonists to protest British policies, including the Stamp Act.
Sons of Liberty
This region was rich in fur trade and resources. The French and the British battled over this area.
Ohio River Valley
income the government collects
Revenue
Lowered the tax on molasses but allowed British officers to take goods from suspected smugglers without a warrant.
Sugar Act
The lawmaking body of England with elected representatives.
Parliament
Threatening tax collectors with effigies and boycotting British goods were forms of protest for which law?
Stamp Act
Most Native American tribes allied with this side in the war.
French
To not take sides
Neutral
Taxed almost all printed materials, including newspapers and legal documents.
Stamp Act
An English philosopher who described the natural rights of life, liberty, and property.
John Locke
British response to the Stamp Act Protests
Repealed the law and passed the Declaratory Act.
This European power lost most of its land in North America at the end of the war.
French
A stuffed figure made to look like an unpopular person; form of protest
effigy
Imposed taxes on imported goods like glass, tea, and paper when they arrived at American ports.
Townshend Acts
This document first established the principle of freedom of speech.
English Bill of Rights
Women's group that formed as a response to the Townshend Acts.
Daughters of Liberty
This British policy of allowing colonies to govern themselves ended as a result of the war.
Salutary Neglect
Refusal to buy goods from a particular source as a form of protest
boycott
Stated that Parliament had the right to tax the colonies and make decisions for them in all cases.
Declaratory Act
According to the English Bill of Rights, no taxes could be passed without the consent of this lawmaking body.
Parliament
Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses who claimed only local assemblies could tax colonists in response to the Stamp Act.
Patrick Henry
Besides Britain, this European power gained land in North America after the war.
Spain