The Thirteen Colonies Rebel

Proclamation of 1763-__________ law that forbade settlement

west of _______________________.

Quartering Act-Colonies required to ____________ &

_____________ British soldiers

England is in debt-Very expensive for Britain to keep army in

_____________.Impressment –

_____________ Americans to serve in _________________. Mercantilist policy• Strict enforcement of _____________________• Sugar Act – (1764) taxed sugar, etc. from anywhere except ______________, this discouraged _________ with other countries.• Currency Act (1764) outlawed _________ ________.• Stamp Act – placed stamp on __________ documents, newspapers, etc.

“No taxation ____________ representation”James OtisColonies thought they had no _______________ in Parliament.

Virtual representation – members of Parliament represented ______ people in the British Empire

Stamp Act Congress protest sent to ___________ (____ colonies

represented)

Sons of Liberty group of ________________

Boycott – (_________ to buy) British goods Led to the repeal (___________) of Stamp

Act

DECLARATORY ACTDeclared Parliament’s authority to make laws __________ on the _____________ colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”

Townshend ActsCharles Townshend

chancellor of the exchequer

1) import taxes on _______, lead, paper, paint, & _______

2) established new system of customs commissioners

3) _____________ New York Assembly

Writs of assistance __________ warrants of any building for

any reason

Colonists began _________________ their own products

In ___________ the Quartering Act was enforced

Resentment of Br. Soldiers because they took away _______ from American workers

Boston Massacre citizens ___________ Redcoats – fired into

crowd of protestors5 killed – Crispus Attucks the first to die

• Townshend Acts ___________ (withdrawn)

• Tea Act tax on tea to help Br. East India Co.

gave them a _______________ Cheaper than smuggled tea

• Boston Tea Party Sons of __________ disguised as __________ Indians secretly threw 342 chests valued at $90,000 into Boston Harbor

Committees of Correspondence• Groups organized by ______________ to keep up communication between colonies

• Elevated events to “national” importance

Coercive Acts - to ___________ the colonies

Intolerable Acts - named by colonists• Boston Port Act – ________ the port of Boston• Massachusetts Gov’t Act - more power given to Mass. royal _____________• Quartering Act - quartered in private ________• Administration of Justice Act - Br officials tried in Britain, not in ____________

More troops sent to Boston to enforce the Acts