5.2 Turmoil Over Taxation

This forbade colonists to settle beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

• Pontiac’s War

• Stamp Act

• writ of assistance

• Proclamation of 1763

This taxed goods and permitted searches of homes and businesses.

• Pontiac’s War

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Proclamation of 1763

His forces failed to drive the British out of the Ohio River Valley.

• Pontiac’s War

• Stamp Act

• writ of assistance

• Proclamation of 1763

This taxed legal documents.

• Pontiac’s War

• Stamp Act

• writ of assistance

• Proclamation of 1763

To protest by refusing to buy certain goods and services.

• boycott

• repeal

• Townshend Acts

• petition

For example, when the Stamp Act was canceled.

• boycott

• repeal

• Townshend Acts

• petition

This is a formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people.

• boycott

• repeal

• Townshend Acts

• petition

A legal document that permitted British customs officials to search without just cause.

• boycott

• repeal

• nullification

• writ of assistance

When British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists.

• Boston massacre

• Committee of Correspondence

• Boston Tea party

• Pontiac's War

These people reported to other colonies about events in their own colony.

• Boston massacre

• Committee of Correspondence

• Boston Tea party

• Pontiac's War