Module 4.1 Vocab

In 1764, Parliament passed this Act which placed duties on sugar and molasses.

• Sugar Act
• Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act
• Tea Act

These courts had no juries and the judges treated suspected smugglers as guilty until proven innocent.

• Civil Courts
• Criminal Courts
• Vice-Admiralty Courts

• Traffic Courts

Groups of people in each colony who communicated ideas and information about the British with other colonies.

• Colonial Assemblies
• Patriot Societies
• Loyalist Networks
• Committees of Correspondence

What did colonial legislatures such as the House of Burgesses do?

• To choose a representative to the House of Representatives

• Make local laws and collect taxes

• Appoint the King

• Approve laws passed by the British Parliament

This act required colonists to pay for a stamp or seal when they bought paper items. (legal documents, licenses, newspapers, pamphlets, playing cards, etc)

• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Quartering Act
• Intolerable Acts

These acts placed duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea.

• Townshend Acts
• Intolerable Acts
• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act

British officials used this to allow them to search for smuggled goods.

• writs of assistance
• customs declarations
• search warrants
• import licenses

A law that stated Parliament had the power to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever." This law stripped away much of the colonies independence.

• Declaratory Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Townshend Acts
• Stamp Act

A writer in Massachusetts who disagreed with the British and she wrote plays accusing British leaders of being greedy.

• Mercy Otis Warren
• Abigail Adams
• Phillis Wheatley
• Louisa May Alcott

March 5, 1770. An event in which colonists antagonized British Soldiers in Boston and tensions escalated quickly. Leading to shots being fired and 5 colonists died.

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Boston Massacre
• Lexington and Concord
• Boston Tea Party