notes 10/25

1. The Thirteen Colonies Rebel
Proclamation of 1763-
__________ law that forbade settlement
west of _______________________.
Quartering Act-
Colonies required to ____________ &
_____________ British soldiers
England is in debt-
Very expensive for Britain to keep army in
_____________.
Impressment –
_____________ Americans to serve in
_________________.
Mercantilist policy
• Strict enforcement of
_____________________
• Sugar Act – (1764) taxed sugar, etc. from
anywhere except ______________, this
discouraged _________ with other countries.
• Currency Act (1764) outlawed _________
________.
• Stamp Act – placed stamp on __________
documents, newspapers, etc.

2. “No taxation ____________ representation”
James Otis
Colonies thought they had no _______________
in Parliament.
Virtual representation – members of Parliament
represented ______ people in the British Empire
Stamp Act Congress
protest sent to ___________ (____ colonies
represented)
Sons of Liberty
group of ________________
Boycott – (_________ to buy) British goods
Led to the repeal (___________) of Stamp
Act
DECLARATORY ACT
Declared Parliament’s authority to make laws
__________ on the _____________ colonies “in
all cases whatsoever.”
Townshend Acts
Charles Townshend
chancellor of the exchequer

3. 1) import taxes on _______, lead, paper,
paint, & _______
2) established new system of customs
commissioners
3) _____________ New York Assembly
Writs of assistance
__________ warrants of any building for
any reason
Colonists began _________________ their own
products
In ___________ the Quartering Act was
enforced
Resentment of Br. Soldiers because they took
away _______ from American workers
Boston Massacre
citizens ___________ Redcoats – fired into
crowd of protestors
5 killed – Crispus Attucks the first to die
• Townshend Acts ___________ (withdrawn)
• Tea Act
tax on tea to help Br. East India Co.

4. gave them a _______________
Cheaper than smuggled tea
• Boston Tea Party
Sons of __________ disguised as __________
Indians secretly threw 342 chests valued at
$90,000 into Boston Harbor
Committees of Correspondence
• Groups organized by ______________ to
keep up communication between colonies
• Elevated events to “national” importance
Coercive Acts - to ___________ the colonies
Intolerable Acts - named by colonists
• Boston Port Act – ________ the port of
Boston
• Massachusetts Gov’t Act - more power
given to Mass. royal _____________
• Quartering Act - quartered in private
________
• Administration of Justice Act - Br officials
tried in Britain, not in ____________
More troops sent to Boston to enforce the Acts