Acts
Sugar Act
Lowered taxes on British molasses and sugar and increased the enforcement of anti-smuggling laws
Animal broken up into eight sections
Join or Die
Created Join or Die
Benjamin Franklin
Slogan
a short and striking or memorable phrase
Taxation
mandatory payments or charges on goods and services that are paid to the government
Stamp Act
Introduced a widespread new tax on almost all forms of printed media
The Bloody Massacre
Captain Preston is commanding soldiers to attack colonists, colonists are not fighting back, one-sided slaughter
Managed the colonies through enforcing policies and Parliament
King George III
Defended the British troops after the Boston Massacre
John Adams
A supporter of the existing ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt
Loyalism
Required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks, inns, stables, and later even private homes
Quartering Act
Boston Massacre by Alonzo Chappel
Captain Preston is commanding soldiers to halt, the colonists are more active and are throwing sticks, hats, snowballs, etc.
An Act was named after him
Charles Townshend
Hanging in Effigy
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Colonists would create and hang a strawman to represent a tax collector and throw objects at it
Infringement
Violation
A series of four different Acts that taxed imported goods such as china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
Townshend Acts
Cantonment of His Majesty's forces in North America
Quartering Act, Proclamation Line of 1763
Paul Revere
The Bloody Massacre, messenger of the American Revolution, one of the Sons of Liberty
Propaganda
the intentional spreading of biased, sometimes false, information to influence public opinion and actions
Mercantilism
Policy of increasing a nation’s wealth and power through maximizing exports and minimizing imports
Prohibited colonists from settling west of a certain border
Proclamation Line of 1763
The Bostonian Paying the Excise-Man
Tarring and Feathering, shows angry colonists punishing tax collectors by covering them in tar and feathers as a form of protest against the Stamp Act and other taxes
Commanded the troops that were involved in the Boston Massacre
Captain Preston
Excise-man
Tax collector
Policy of avoiding strict enforcement of laws on British colonies
Salutary Neglect