3.3 Taxation Without Representation Lesson Overview Terms

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Salutary neglect

The unofficial policy of the British crown where they avoided strict enforcement of parliamentary law in the colonies.

Virtual representation

A theory that members of Parliament were obligated to defend the interests of British subjects and colonists alike and that colonists did not need colonial representatives.

Stamp Act (1765)

Passed by British Parliament, it was a direct tax on all printed material in the North American colonies.

Stamp Act Congress

Delegates from the colonies who drew up formal petitions to the British Parliament and King George III to repeal the Stamp Act.

Declaration of Colonial Rights and Grievances (1765)

Written by the Stamp Act Congress, it declared that taxes imposed on British colonists without their formal consent were unconstitutional.

Declaratory Act (1766)

A law that stated that the British Parliament’s taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain.

Townshend Acts (1767)

A series of laws that placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.

Boston Massacre (1770)

British soldiers stationed in Boston opened fire on a crowd, killing five townspeople and infuriating locals.

Boston Tea Party (1773)

A direct response to British taxation policies and the Tea Act by the North American colonies.

Loyalists

A colonist of the American revolutionary period who supported the British cause.

Sons of Liberty

A secret society formed by radical colonists to protest British taxation policies.

Daughters of Liberty

A Patriot association that formed in response to increased taxes by organizing and participating in boycotts of British goods.

Intolerable Acts (1774)

Also called the Coercive Acts, consisted of four separate legislative measure

First Continental Congress

A representative government made up of elected officials from 12 of the 13 colonies created to create a unified front against the British government.

The Enlightenment

A cultural and intellectual movement in the 1700s that emphasized science and rationalism.

John Locke

English philosopher who influenced the Enlightenment with his writings on sovereignty and governance. His ideas influenced the separation of the colonies from Britain.