Rebels with a Cause
A new political group that formed and attacked the office and home of the stamp commissioner.
Sons of Liberty
An act saying Britain had the power to make laws that were strong enough to keep the colonies under British rule.
Declaratory Act
Products shipped FROM another country.
Imports
By October 1765, the colonies decided to organize and sent representatives to a meeting in New York City.
The Stamp Act Congress
Early regulations like the Navigation Acts gave Britain the power to regulate colonial trade.
Mercantilism
Women who boycotted all sorts of taxed British goods.
Daughters of Liberty
This taxed British imports such as glass, tea, lead, paint, and paper.
Townshend Acts
Products shipped TO another country.
Exports
This was another name for the Coercive Acts.
Intolerable Acts
This was the most common form of "Social Media" in the 1700's.
Pamphlets
The Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded British ships, & dumped the cargo of tea into the Boston harbor.
Boston Tea Party
An act that required Massachusetts Council to quarter (to house), British troops in public spaces in the city.
Quartering Act of 1765
Men are born equal and one man cannot claim to have a God-given right to rule any of the others.
Natural Right
A war lasting from 1754-1763, in which Britain fought with France over control of the land in the Ohio River valley.
French and Indian War
This pamphlet united colonists around the idea of American independence.
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
A document that officially stated that the 13 colonies were cutting ties with Great Britain and the King.
Declaration of Independence
A new tax that required a stamp for all printed items including newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards.
Stamp Act
A term that means people who could not vote, were represented by members of Parliament.
Virtually Represented
How many colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre?
Five (5)
This event was the "cause" of England imposing a seemingly endless amount of Acts on the colonies.
The French and Indian War
This colonist refused to pay the tax on the wine he had aboard his ship.
John Hancock
Yet Another act, passed in 1774, that closed Boston Harbor until the destroyed tea was paid for.
Coercive Acts
A term meaning that Britain pretty much left the colonies to themselves.
Salutary Neglect
What precedent did the Colonist fear would happen if taxes were imposed without their consent?
Taxation without Representation
The number of grievances that were listed on the Declaration of Independence.
Twenty-Seven (27)