"The Spirit of Independence": Chapter 5 Review

Incoming money from taxes or other sources.

• writ of assistance

• revenue

• prohibit

• boycott

In 1764 Parliament passed ___________, which lowered the tax on the molasses the colonists imported.

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Townshend Acts

Why did parliament approve "writs of assistance"?

• They were bored

• They were scared of the Colonists.

• To stop the smugglers.

• To control the trade of animal furs.

The colonists protested the tax laws . What was not one of the strategies used?

• Made their own clothes.

• Boycotted British goods.

• Burned effigies.

• Hide in the British soldiers quarters.

Committee of Correspondence

• an organization that spread political ideas and information through the colonies.

• open defiance of authority

• ideas or informal spread to harm or help a cause

Propaganda

• open defiance of authority

• ideas or information spread to harm or help a cause

• a formal request

Why did parliament pass the Tea Act

• to stop the sale of tea

• to help save the British East India Company

• to punish the colonists

What did the Continental Congress not do?

• issued a statement asking Parliament to repeal several laws that violated colonists' rights.

• voted to boycott trade with Britain

• Decided to approve the colonists arming themselves.

• voted to stay connected to the British goverment

People who would be ready to fight as soldiers with one minute's notice.

• Minutemen

• Patriots

• Loyalists

Patriots

• American colonists who remained loyal to Britain

• American colonists who wanted independence.