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Down: 1) Meeting of 12 colonies (not Georgia) in Philadelphia. Goals: Organize support for Massachusetts. Declare that colonists have rights (including the right to self-government and to arm themselves). Agree to keep boycotting British goods. This is a big deal: Colonies are now acting together as one political body. 2) Europe 3) First direct tax on colonists (not just trade). Required paid stamps on paper goods: newspapers, legal docs, playing cards, etc. 7) Tax on imported sugar and molasses. Britain also cracks down on smuggling. Colonists upset mainly about enforcement. 8) Colonies must provide housing/supplies for British soldiers. Colonists see standing armies in peacetime as a threat to liberty. Across: 4) america 5) Explains natural rights: people have rights (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness) and government must protect them. Says that if a government abuses those rights, people can replace it. Lists the colonists’ grievances against King George III (taxes, armies in peacetime, ignoring colonial laws, etc.) to justify breaking away. 6) Taxes on imported goods like glass, paper, paint, tea. Britain also increases use of customs officers and writs of assistance (broad search warrants). 9) Africa, Europe, america 10) Boston Harbor closed until the tea is paid for. The Massachusetts government put under tighter British control. More troops are allowed to be quartered in colonists’ homes. British officials accused of crimes in the colonies could be tried in Britain (colonists thought this meant “they’ll get away with anything”). Colonists renamed them the “Intolerable Acts.” 11) Said: Parliament has the right to make laws and tax the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.” Translation: “We’re still in charge.” This keeps the conflict alive even after the Stamp Act is gone. 12) Africa 13) December 16, 1773: Members of the Sons of Liberty (some disguised as Mohawk Indians) board ships and dump 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor. British point of view: destruction of private property. Colonial point of view: act of protest against unfair taxation and control.
 

 

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