Topic 3 Part 1

A formal request for government action

• Petition

• Effigy

• Writ of assistance

• Committees of Correspondence

A mocking figure representing an unpopular individual

• Petition

• Effigy

• Writ of assistance

• Committees of Correspondence

Organization that spread political ideas and information through Britain's American Colonies

• Petition

• Effigy

• Writ of assistance

• Committees of Correspondence

Court document allowing customs officers to enter any location to search for smuggled goods.

• Petition

• Effigy

• Writ of assistance

• Committees of Correspondence

American colonist who favored American Independence-most commonly found in New England

• Petition

• Loyalist

• Patriot

• Committees of Correspondence

Lower tax on imported molasses

• Sugar Act

• Coercive/intolerable Acts

• Declaratory Acts

• Tea Tax

Closed Boston Harbor, banned meetings

• Sugar Act

• Coercive/intolerable Acts

• Declaratory Acts

• Tea Tax

State that parliament had the right to tax colonies and make decisions in all cases.

• Sugar Act

• Coercive/intolerable Acts

• Declaratory Acts

• Tea Tax

Allowed the East India Tea Company a monopoly on the trade of tea in America.

• Sugar Act

• Coercive/intolerable Acts

• Declaratory Acts

• Tea Tax

Tax all imported goods such as glass, lead, tea, paint, paper, clothing, and lead

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Declaratory Acts

• Tea Tax