Background Essay Vocabulary

laws passed by a government

• acts

• colonies

• consent

• parliament

places where people settle that are still under the control of a home country

• acts

• boycotts

• smuggling

• colonies

to give permission or approval

• acts

• consent

• boycotts

• Tea Act of 1773

governing body in Britain that makes laws for all of Britain and its colonies

• Tea Act of 1773

• parliament

• boycotts

• colonies

a protest during which people refuse to buy or use something in order to bring about change

• Tea Act of 1773

• consent

• boycotts

• acts

a law passed by Parliament requiring colonists to buy their tea from the British East India Company

• Tea Act of 1773

• acts

• boycotts

• smuggling

to take goods in and out of a country illegally

• smuggling

• consent

• boycotts

• acts