A | B |
Reason for the Proclamation of 1763 | To prevent another revolt like Pontiac's Rebellion |
Proclamation of 1763 | It forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mts. |
King George III | British monarch who enforced the Proclamation of 1763 |
Quartering Act | British law requiring colonists to provide supplies to British soldiers |
revenue | income to meet expenses |
Sugar Act | Law that place a tax on molasses, sugar, and other goods shipped to the colonies |
Stamp Act | law which required all legal and commercials documents to carry an official seal proving a tax had been paid |
Patrick Henry | member of Virginia's House of Burgesses who called fro resistance to British taxation |
boycott | a refusal to buy |
Sons of Liberty | secret societies who opposed British policies |
Saying which claimed that Parliament had no right to tax the colonists | "No taxation without representation" |
Stamp Act Congress | Here colonists met in NYC to protest British taxation |
Action taken against British tax collectors | tar and feathering |
Declaratory Act | British stating that Parliament had supreme authority to govern the colonies |