APUSH Unit 1 chapter 4

Sugar Act

law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies

Declaratory Act

Act passed in 1766 just after the repeal of the Stamp Act. Stated that Parliament could legislate for the colonies in all cases.

Circular Letter

A letter circulated in 1767 in reaction to the Townshend Act. It urged colonists to jointly sign a petition of protest and was influential in causing colonists to work together against the British.

Quebec Act

Signed in 1774, intended to reorganize the way these British territories were governed

Quartering Act

an act passed by the British that allowed British troops to live in the homes of the colonists

Townshend Acts

A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint and tea

Crispus Attucks

A free black man who was the first person killed in the Revolution at the Boston Massacre.

writ of assistance

a search warrant enabling customs officers to enter any location to look for evidence of smuggling

Stamp Act

1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing cards, documents, newspapers, etc.

John Dickinson

"Letters from a farmer in Pennsylvania", protested Townshend acts, wrote Articles of Confederation

Committees of Correspondence

Organizations in each of the American colonies created to keep colonists abreast of developments with the British; served as powerful molders of public opinion against the British

Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Organizations that led protests, helped American soldiers, instated a boycott, and generally resisted the British.