British Acts & Policies
The requirement for colonists to house and supply British soldiers.
What was the Quartering Act of 1765?
Rights that all humans are born with.
What are Natural Rights?
The refusal to buy British goods as a form of protest, or in general refusing to do something.
What is a boycott?
A meeting held by the colonists to address British actions.
What was the First Continental Congress in 1774?
Establishing control over another country or territory, and sending groups of people to settle there.
What is colonization?
The requirement for colonists to pay tax on printed materials.
What was the Stamp Act of 1765?
A system where people can contribute in decision-making, and where power comes from the people.
What is a Democratic Government?
A protest where colonists joined to dump British tea into the Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A Colonial protest that occurred in 1773 where where tea was dumped into Boston Harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A group of colonists who were loyal to Great Britain.
What is a Loyalist?
The first act to attempt to raise revenue from the colonies that taxed sugar and other goods.
What was the Sugar Act of 1764?
The idea that the power of the government comes from the agreement of the people who are being governed.
What is the Consent of the Governed?
A group of colonial patriots who formed a secret organization to organize protests.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
A war that lasted from 1754 to 1763 over a conflict about North American territory between Britain and France.
What was the French and Indian War?
The ability of a nation to govern itself independently.
What is sovereignty?
A tax placed on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
What were the Townshend Acts of 1767?
A system where power is not controlled by the people, and is controlled by a few leaders.
What is an Authoritarian Government?
A group of women who made homemade goods to support boycotts against the British.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
A treaty placed in 1783 that brought the Revolutionary War to an end and caused Britain to recognise American independence.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
A group of colonists who supported independence from Great Britain.
What is a Patriot?
A series of laws passed after the Boston Tea Party occurred, that include the restriction of the Massachusetts government, troops being quartered in homes, and moving trials to Britain.
What were the Intolerable Acts of 1774?
A policy created by the British where there was loose enforcement of colonial rules before 1763.
What is Salutary Neglect?
A method of resistance where people would make clothes at home instead of buying from the British.
What was the Homespun Movement?
The first military engagements of the Revolutionary War.
What was the Lexington and Concord of 1775?
An economic policy where the mother country benefits off of the colonies by extracting resources and placing restrictions on trading.
What is mercantilism?