Lesson 6 Flashcards
(45 cards)
Law of nature
Contains universally obligatory standards of justice and would prevail in the absence of man made law
Sovereignty
Authority
Writs of assistance
General warrants
After 1763
British exerted more control over American colonies
Britain incurred large debts to gain its victory over the
French in the Seven years war
Proclamation act forbade colonial authorities to allow
Settlement on Indian lands wear is Appalachian mts
Proclamation act aimed at reducing
Costs of protecting colonists from wars produced with native Americans
Stamp act introduced a
Tax on the colonists by imposing duties on stamps needed for official documents
Quartering act required colonists to
Shelter British troops in their homes
New trade restrictions and taxes meant the
Loss of money for some colonists
Colonists understanding of
Representative government was challenged
Colonists believed that tax laws should be passed only in
Their colonial legislatures, where they were represented
Small groups in each colony were convinced that
Large crowds prepared to act forcefully could successfully resist the stamp act
Sons of liberty
Engaged in political agitation that precipitated crowd action
Representatives from colonies met in the
Stamp act to organize resistance
Parliament repealed stamp act but passed
Declaratory act which asserted britains power and authority over the colonies
Townsend revenue acts
Levied new taxes on items such as tea paper and glass
Group of American women called the daughters of liberty led boycotts of
English foods and produced products that would help colonists become economically independent
Writs of assistance gave parliament officials
Authority to search and seize colonial property
British sent troops to
Maintain order and facilitate tax collection
Boston massacre
Five colonists killed in conflict with British troops in Boston
Boston massacre convinced Americans that British government
Was prepared to use military force
Tea act reassert re parliaments right to
Tax colonists and led to Boston tea party after townshend acts were repealed
Boston tea party
Colonists boarded British ships and dumped 45 tons of tea into the Boston harbor