British Policies
Colonial Responses
Ideals of the Declaration of Independence
Colonial Concerns
Vocabulary
100
The event that caused Britain's debt and caused the King to begin taxing the colonies.
What the French and Indian War.
100
Protestors of the Tea Act ripped open 342 chests and dumped the tea into the Boston's harbor.
What is The Boston Tea Party
100

Things that you are born with and cannot be taking away by a government

What are unalienable rights.

100
The Declaratory Act states that Parliament had the right to pass laws for the colonies in "all cases whatsoever."
What is Representation
100
No one is above the law.
What is Rule of Law
200
This act put a three cent-cent tax on foreign refined sugar and increased taxes on coffee, indigo, and certain kinds of wine.
What is the Sugar Act?
200
They organized resistance to the Stamp Act. They attacked homes of British tax collectors.
Who are Sons of Liberty.
200
People create governments to protect these.
What are Rights (Life, Liberty and Property)
200

The Tea Act gave the East India Company the sole right to sell tea to the colonies. It also kept the tax on tea.

Taxation

200
Rights that you are borned with. No government can take away those rights
What are Natural Rights
300
This law stated that the English Parliament had the right to tax the colonies and make decisions for them "in all cases whatsoever."
What is the Declaratory Act of 1766
300
In response to this act, colonists' became enraged at the thought of the King placing soldiers in their homes. They felt the King was "spying" on them.
What is the Quartering Act.
300
It is where governments get their power from
What is consent of the governed (People)
300

The Stamp Act act imposed tax on every printed documents.

taxation

300
A ruler with total or absolute power over a country.
What is Tyrant or Dictator
400
This law required American colonists to buy tea only from the British East India Company. While taxes on some goods had been lifted, the tax on tea was still in place.
What is the Tea Act of 1773
400
The member of this congress met to discuss how to deal with the King. They agreed to impose their own ban on trade with Great Britain. Congress hoped this move would force the British government to change its policies toward the colonies.
What is the First Continental Congress.
400

It is the right of the people to end or change the government when it becomes destructive.

alter or abolish government

400

The Quartering act required colonists who were innkeepers, public officials, or home owners to house and feed the British soldiers. True/False

True

400
the formal complaints of the colonists written into the Declaration of Independence.
What are grievances
500
This act imposed the first direct British tax on the American colonists. It required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's paper, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, and other publications were included.
What is the Stamp Act of 1765
500
Congress organized the continental army. Congress asked a committee to draft a document explaining why the colonists felt it was necessary to free themselves from British Rule.
What is the Second Continental Congress.
500

To secure these rights government are created by the people. Government get their power from the people.

What is Self-Government or consent of the governed

500

The proclamation of 1763 banned settlement in certain western lands.

west of the Appalachian Mountains

500
They write this document to declare independence from England and explain the reason why.
What is the Declaration of Independence