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| A system in Spanish America that gave settlers the right to tax local Indians, demand their labor in exchange for protection and to convert them to Christanty. |
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A document written by the pilgrims in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the genral goods
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| Crops that are always needed and always in demand (corn, wheat, barley, etc. etc.) |
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| Crops produced that will be sold for a profit (cotton, tobacco, etc.) |
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| A political meeting at which people make decions on local issues such as paying for school |
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| This act reduced the power of the monarchy (king) and gave power to Parilment (goverment) |
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| A religous movement involving powerful preaching that because wide spread across the coloines |
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| Movement that spread the idea reason and logic could inprove society this helped them form ideas of how the goverment should work |
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| Committes of Correspondence |
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| Committees created by the Massachustees House of Respresentives in the 1700's to help towns and colonies share info abourt resisting British laws. |
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| Act that required the colonists to pay for an official stamp or seal when they bought paper items |
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| Acts that placed taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. |
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| A decision to not use or buy products or services in order to show support for a cause. |
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| A statement of action expressing disapproval of or objection to something. |
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| Forced local colonial government to provide housing to British stationed in the colonies. |
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| An incident in which British solider fired into a crowd of colonist, killing five people. |
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| A law passed by Parliment allowing the British East Company to sell low-cost tea directly to colonies taking business away from colonial. |
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| A protest againist the Tea Act in which a group of colonists disguised as Indians boarded British ships and dumped more than 340 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor. |
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| Laws passed by Parliment to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party and to tighten governmental control over the colonies. |
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| Colonies relying on one another for raw materials, livestock, and protection. |
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