Taxation without Representation

trevorrow

stamp act

british law that required tax stamps on all legal documents

samuel adams

prominent boston rebel

stamp act congress

AKA the Continental Congress meeting that was held in NYC. They passed a Declaration stating that American colonists were equal to other British citizens

writs of assistance

british law that gave customs officers thee right to search colonial homes without a search warrant

townshend acts

series of taxes and regulations passed by the British Parliament imposed on colonies so they paid for British troops

boston massacre

fight between Boston and the British soldiers that left colonists dead

tea act

a law passed by parliament that gave the British east India company a reduced tax on selling tea in colonies

committees of correspondence

groups of formed to spread news of British injustices from colony to colony

declaratory act

law passed by parliament that asserted their authority to tax and make laws for the colonies

quartering act

forced colonists to find living space for British soldiers in america

british east India tea company

company that sanctioned monopoly on tea. The tea act was a big reason why Americans refused them.

boston tea party

colonists threw tea boxes overboard a ship dressed as indians to protest against the tea act

sons of liberty

a group of men who carried out the Boston tea party

quebec act

law passed by the British Parliament that established the government of the province of quebec

george washington

commander of the Continental army

john adams

massachusetts delegate to the second continental congress; wrote the first draft of the declaration of independence

first Continental congress

meeting in 1774 of delegates from all the colonies which protested British actions

patrick henry

founding father, Give me liberty or give me death

currency act

passed by parliament that prohibited the printing and issuance of paper money by colonial legislatures. Penalty’s for colonists were given to colonists who disobeyed

sugar act

british law that taxed sugar and other goods imported into the American colonies to get money back after the French and Indian War