Unit 2 Vocabulary Review (#1)

an economic theory that says a nation should increase its wealth by selling more than it buys from other nations

• mercantilism

• salutary neglect

• representation

• tyranny

The group of people that make laws (legislature) in the government of Great Britain

• Parliament

• Patriots

• Loyalists

• Militia

The unofficial British policy from 1607-1763 where England’s laws were not strictly enforced on the American colonies and trade.

• salutary neglect

• mercantilism

• Proclamation of 1763

• tyranny

A law passed by the British at the end of the French and Indian War that set limits on where colonists could settle in America.

It created a boundary at the Appalachian Mountains to keep colonists out of Native American lands.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act

• Navigation Acts

• Stamp Act

A law passed by a legislative body

• act

• boycott

• grievance

• repeal

A law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to provide food and housing for British soldiers stationed in their towns and villages.

• Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act

• Navigation Acts

• Stamp Act

A series of laws that restricted trade for the colonies by declaring what England and its colonies could import (bring in) and export (send out). 

• Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act

• Navigation Acts

• Stamp Act

A law passed by the British government in 1765 that said all legal documents and printed papers used in the American colonies had to have an official stamp. 

• Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act

• Navigation Acts

• Stamp Act