Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was weird because it actually (increased or decreased) taxes on sugar and molasses.
**********Choose one****************
Decreased!
The Stamp Act of 1765 law required colonists to pay a tax on printed materials such as newspapers, legal documents, and_____________________
playing cards
The Townshend Acts placed taxes on ______________ goods such as glass, paper, paint, lead, and tea.
imported
This law required colonists to provide housing and supplies for _____________________.
British Soldiers
A ____________________ is when people fight for a big change!
The first SPARK towards the fire of the American Revolution! (Hint - this was before the Sugar Act!)
Proclamation of 1763
Why did the Stamp Act affect ALL of the colonists?
Because it taxed something that everyone uses!
Colonists responded to the Townshend Acts by agreeing to stop buying many British goods which is called a _____________________.
boycott
The original number of British soldiers (babysitters) that King George III sent over to make sure the colonists were doing as they were told.
10,000
This word describes what the colonists did when they refused to buy British goods to avoid paying taxes.
Boycott
Why were the American colonists angry about the Sugar Act if it actually decreased taxes?
This famous slogan expressed the colonists' argument against the Stamp Act.
No ___________ Without __________!
“No taxation without representation”
People would make little stuffed dolls that looked like tax collectors and burn them to protest the tax acts. These dolls were called: _________
effigies
The Quartering Act scarier than the other acts because it directly invaded the ______________ of colonists' everyday lives by forcing them to house and feed British Soldiers. (Hint - the word starts with a P or an S)
Privacy or Safety
After the French and Indian War, which two countries became the two superpowers in North America?
Britain and Spain
The colonists did not like paying taxes on the goods they bought, so they started _____________ the goods illegally!
smuggling
Colonists formed this group to organize protests and resistance against the Stamp Act.
_____________ of _______________!
Sons of Liberty
or Daughters of Liberty
To boycott the taxes, many women joined a group called the ______________________ to urge colonists to wear homemade clothes rather than buying imported ones.
Daughters of Liberty
True or False: The Quartering Act was the main reason the American Revolution began.
False — It was one of many issues that increased colonial anger toward Britain.
The document that ended the French and Indian War was called the ____________________.
Treaty of Paris
The name of the King of Britain who enforced all of these Acts! (Be specific!)
King George III
Colonial representatives met in this colony in 1765 to formally protest the Stamp Act and argue that only their own colonial representatives/colonies should be able to tax them.
The Townshend Acts were different than the other taxes because instead of the colonist paying the tax when the product was bought, ____________ were actually the ones that had to pay the taxes as they were imported off of the ships.
Merchants/business owners
____________________ is information designed to persuade people to think or feel a certain way.
Propaganda
A 1763 conflict between Native Americans and the British over the settlement of Indian lands after the French and Indian War. ( ______________ War)
Pontiac's War