The Road to the American Revolution

Salutary Neglect

• British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of laws on American colonies
• Spanish policy of avoiding strict enforcement of laws on American colonies
• French policy of avoiding strict enforcement of laws on American colonies
• British policy of strict enforcement of laws on American colonies

Proclamation of 1763

• British law that allowed American colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains
• French law that prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
• British law that prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
• Spanish law that granted American colonists land west of the Appalachian Mountains

Pontiac's War

• A war between France and England in the 18th century
• A rebellion led by American colonists against British rule
• Conflict between Native American tribes and the British Empire in the Great Lakes region of North America
• A conflict between Native American tribes and Spanish colonizers in South America

Stamp Act

• An act passed by the British Parliament in 1776 that imposed a direct tax on the American colonies.
• An act passed by the British Parliament in 1765 that imposed a direct tax on the American colonies.
• An act passed by the American Congress in 1765 that imposed a direct tax on the British colonies.
• An act passed by the British Parliament in 1760 that abolished taxes on the American colonies.

Petition

• informal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people.

• Casual written message to someone in authority, signed by a group of people.

• Demand for payment
• formal written request to someone in authority, signed by a group of people.

boycott

• To participate in something enthusiastically
• to refuse to buy certain goods and services

• To ignore something completely
• To support and promote something

repealed

• Introduced

• Canceled

• Enacted

• Ratified

Townshend Acts

• Laws passed by the British Parliament in 1767 that placed taxes on glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea in the American colonies

• Laws passed by the British Parliament to grant more autonomy to the American colonies
• Laws passed by the British Parliament to ban trade with the American colonies
• Laws passed by the American colonies to tax British imports

writs of assistance

• Legal documents that allowed British customs officials to search with a warrant
• Legal documents that allowed American customs officials to search without a warrant
• Legal documents that allowed British customs officials to search only at night
• Legal documents that allowed British customs officials to search without a warrant

Boston Massacre

• A confrontation between British soldiers and American colonists
• A battle between American colonists and Native Americans
• A violent protest by American colonists

• The slaughter of dozens of American colonists by British soldiers