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Writs of Assistance
They were written orders issued by a superior colonial court instructing a law enforcement official, such as a sheriff or a marshal, to search for smuggled goods. -
Proclamation of 1763
Colonists were foridden to move west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Sugar Act
Putting a tax on foreign molasses and sugar. -
Currency Act
Parliament passed the Currency Act, effectively gaining control of the colonial currency system. The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. They protected British merchants and creditors from being paid in depreciated colonial currency. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act forced people to pay taxes on certain items such as newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents. The items were stamped to show that they had been paid. -
Quartering Act
The act required colonial authorities to provide food, drink, quarters, fuel, and transportation to British forces residing in their towns or villages. -
Declaratory Act
The act stated that the taxing authority of Parliament was the same in America as in Great Britain. -
Townshend Act
The Townshend Acts were 4 acts that made taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. The acts would provide money to pay imperial expenses in the colonies. Many Americans viewed the taxation as an abuse of power. The townshend acts were repealed in 1770. -
Boston Massacre
A riot in Boston arising from the resentment of colonists toward British troops lodging in the city. The troops fired on the mob and killed five people. -
Tea Act
The act gave the East India Company exclusive rights to sell tea directly to the Americans without paying the British import tax. -
Boston Tea Party
A demonstration by citizens of Boston who disguised themselves as Indians and raided three British ships in Boston harbor. They dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor as a protest against taxes on tea. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a series of laws passed by the British in 1774 in an attempt to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party. -
Quebec Act
It was a law passed by Parliament that created a permanent government in Canada. The Quebec Act replaced the temporary government established by the Proclamation of 1763. It granted Canadians religious freedom and the French form of civil law.
