Salutary Neglect and Colonial Policies - Fill in the Blank Flashcards

Fill-in-the-blank flashcards covering salutary neglect, mercantilism, acts, protests, propaganda, and the Intolerable Acts.

The policy of __ describes Britain's lenient enforcement of imperial laws in the colonies.

Salutary neglect

The __ were the mercantile laws that required colonial trade to go through Britain.

Navigation Acts

One thing colonists did to get around mercantilist laws was __.

Smuggling

To enforce smuggling, British officials used __.

Writs of assistance

The __ restricted settlements beyond the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.

Proclamation of 1763

The __ Act is notable for being the first tax aimed to raise revenue in the colonies.

Sugar Act

The __ was the first direct tax on the colonists, affecting newspapers and legal documents.

Stamp Act

The slogan '__' emerged in response to taxation without representation.

No taxation without representation

A __ of British goods became a major colonial tactic against taxes.

Boycott

The organization that led protests like tar and feathering was the __.

Sons of Liberty

The 1770 event in which five colonists were killed is called the __.

Boston Massacre

Paul Revere's portrayal of the Boston Massacre is an example of __.

Propaganda

Samuel Adams helped establish the __ to spread information across colonies.

Committee of Correspondence

The __ Act allowed the British East India Company to sell tea with a monopoly.

Tea Act

The event where colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor is the __.

Boston Tea Party

The British response to the Boston Tea Party included the __ Acts, which among other things closed Boston Harbor.

Intolerable Acts