| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Proclamation of 1763 | Closed off the frontier to colonial expansion. |
| Writs of Assistance | court orders (first introduced in Massachusetts in 1751 to strictly enforce the Acts of Trade) that authorized customs officers to conduct general (non-specific) searches of premises for contraband. |
| James Otis | protector of American rights during the 1760s who accepted a call from Boston merchants to represent them in a fight to prevent the renewal of authority for the writs of assistance. |
| Paxton Boys | A group of Paxton men raided a small settlement of Conestoga Indians in Lancaster County after Pontiac's Rebellion. |
| Navigation Acts | A series of British regulations which taxed goods imported by the colonies from places other than Britain, or otherwise sought to control and regulate colonial trade. Increased British-colonial trade and tax revenues. |
| Grenville's Program | a comprehensive plan designed by George Grenville to settle problems in North America. included the Proclamation of 1763 and all of the new Tax Acts. |
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