Acts
Quartering Act
Required the colonies to house British soldiers in barracks, inns, stables, and later even private homes
Join or Die
An engraving of a snake broken up into 8 pieces, the New England colonies are shown as one section and Georgia is left out as they are the newest colony, the message is to join together to fight the French
Managed the colonies through enforcing policies and Parliament
King George III
Slogan
a short and striking or memorable phrase
A supporter of the existing ruler or government, especially in the face of a revolt
Loyalism, Loyalist
Stamp Act
Introduced a widespread new tax on almost all forms of printed media such as newspapers and playing cards
The Bloody Massacre
Captain Preston is commanding soldiers to attack colonists, colonists are not fighting back, one-sided slaughter
Paul Revere
The Bloody Massacre, messenger of the American Revolution, one of the Sons of Liberty
Infringement
Violation
Created Join or Die
Benjamin Franklin
Sugar Act
Lowered taxes on British molasses and sugar and increased the enforcement of anti-smuggling laws
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, British chancellor
Charles Townshend
Mercantilism
Policy of increasing a nation’s wealth and power through maximizing exports and minimizing imports
Taxation
mandatory payments or charges on goods and services that are paid to the government
Townshend Acts
A series of four different Acts that taxed imported goods such as china, glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
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
Policy of avoiding strict enforcement of laws on British colonies
Salutary Neglect
Propaganda
the intentional spreading of biased, sometimes false, information to influence public opinion and actions
Proclamation Line of 1763
Prohibited colonists from settling west of a certain border
Cantonment of His Majesty's forces in North America (SPECIAL)
Quartering Act, Proclamation Line of 1763
Defended the British troops after the Boston Massacre
John Adams
Excise-man
Tax collector
Hanging in Effigy
Colonists would create and hang a strawman to represent a tax collector, even throwing objects at it as a form of protest