Please Define the Following Key Terms

question 86

Short Answer

Please define the following key terms.
-"national debt"

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Definitions:

Tea Act

A 1773 British law that granted the East India Company the right to sell tea to the American colonies free of the taxes that colonial tea sellers had to pay, leading to the Boston Tea Party.

Great Britain's Right

The inherent or legal privileges, freedoms, or authority that Great Britain claims or exercises, often in a historical or legal context.

Stamp Act

A 1765 British tax imposed on the American colonies, requiring them to pay a tax on printed materials, which sparked widespread protest.

Declaratory Act

A law passed by the British parliament in 1766 stating that the British parliament's taxing authority was the same in America as in Great Britain.