| A | B |
|---|
| enumerated commodity | colonial product Parliament said could only be shipped to Britain |
| duty | tax on imported goods |
| salutary neglect | policy of noninterference by a governing nation , purposeful neglect |
| militia | group of civilians declared by law to be called to military service & trained as soldiers to fight in emergencies |
| Navigation Acts of 1651 | stated all goods shipped between Britain & colonies must be carried on British or colonial ships, first attempt at mercantilism |
| Albany Plan of Union | Franklin's proposal to form a council with power to tax,raise troops & regulate trade for colonies, rejected |
| Fort Duquesne | Fr. fort built to block English from the Ohio valley |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Br. law that ended all colonial settlement west of Appalachian Mts |
| land speculator | person who purchases land to resell for profit |
| writ of assistance | written order that allows officials to conduct unrestricted searches for smuggled or illegal products |
| specie | money in the form of gold or silver coin |
| direct tax | one paid directly to the gov't rather than included in the price of goods |
| boycott | refusal to buy goods or have dealings with a country or business to force acceptance |
| nonimportation agreement | one between colonial merchnats & planters not to import certain goods |
| redcoat | derogatory term for Br. soldiers in the colonies |
| Sugar Act | law collecting taxes on sugar imports, Br. inted to enforce strictly |
| Stamp Act | 1st direct tax on legal documents, almanacs, dice & newspapers |
| Townshend Acts | import duties on paper, glass & paint repealed exc: for tax on tea |
| Quartering Act | directs colonies to provide barracks & supplies for troops in America |
| Patrick Henry | member of House of Burgesses introduces resolution protesting Stamp Act , "no taxation without representation" |
| virtual representation | principle that House of Commons was pledged to represent every person in British Empire |
| direct representation | electing colonial assembly members to represent your interests |
| John Dickinson | writes "Letters from a Farmer in Penn.", says colonies are one political body |
| Sons & Daughters of Liberty | carry out organized resistance by enforcing nonimportation agreements & boycotting goods |
| Declaratory Act | affirmed the gov't's right to pass la aws after repealing Stamp Act |
| Mercy Otis Warren | influential Daughter of Liberty publishes pamphlets supports resistance |
| Boston Massacre | riot outside Boston Custom House, 5 colonists killed, symbol of British tyranny |
| committees of correspondence | organization to keep colonists in touch with one another |
| Boston Tea Party | colonists throw tea in harbor to protest monopoly given to Br. East India Co. |
| Coercive Acts | punishment for Boston Tea Party direced at Mass. until tea was paid for, called "Intolerable" by colonists |
| Quebec Act | gave Ohio valley to Fr. Canadians, tolerated Catholic Church & Fr. law |
| Declaration of Rights & Grievances | 1st Continental Congress protest to king about violation of rights of Br. citizens |
| The Association | organization started by 1st Continental Congress to enforce boycott across the colonies |
