Taxes and Resistance Flashcard

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Forbade colonists to settle west of the line formed by the Appalachian Mountains and reserved that land for the Native Americans

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Proclamation Line of 1763

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Government Income

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Revenue

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Required colonies to provide housing and food to British soldiers

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Quartering Act

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Laws enacted in 1651 that governed trade between England and its colonies. Colonists were required to ship certain products exclusively to England.

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Navigation Acts

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An economic policy by which nations try to gather wealth by establishing colonies and controlling trade (monopoly)

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Mercantilism

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The act of illegally importing or exporting goods

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Smuggling

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Act passed by Parliament in 1764 which taxed sugar, coffee, indigo, and molasses from anywhere but Britain

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Sugar Act

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First direct taxation of colonists (not just importers/merchants)

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Stamp Act

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Famous phrase attributed to James Otis, which expressed colonial frustration with Britain

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No taxation without representation

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Resistance group in the colonies which was initially formed to oppose the Stamp Act

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Sons of Liberty