Background reading on the stamp act

Revenue

incoming money

Salutary Neglect

. Where colonies benefited by loose enforcement of British trade restrictions, such as the navigation acts.

imperial

relating to an empire

Weird if Assistance

Search ones that allowed customs offices to search homes in warehouses to look for smoker goes without getting a specific search warrant for each individual search

maritime

Trade at sea

precedent

Tradition or a guide for later action

Militias

Volunteer called upon to Protect the community in times of emergency

impetus

Force that make something happen quickly