Stamp Act
What was the Stamp Act?
A tax on ALL paper Products
What is the Tea Act?
The Tea act was a rule that the colonist could only buy tea from one company.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The Sons of Liberty protested the Tea Act by dressing like Mohawk Indians and tossing tea in the Boston Harbor.
What was the Intolerable Acts?
4 laws that were put in place as punishment for the colonist tossing the tea into the harbor
What was the Declaration of Independence?
This explained why the colonies should be free because Great Britain ruled them unfairly.
What caused the Stamp Act?
The Stamp Act was needed to pay off the debt from the French and Indian War
True or False: the Tea Act required the colonist to buy king from countries that supported the King.
False
At the Boston Tea Party, which group of people threw $75,000 worth of tea into the harbor?
Colonist dressed as Indians
Which of the following is the cause of the King placing the Intolerable Acts on the Colonist?
Boston Tea Party
What was the Boston Massacre?
Colonists were throwing rocks and balls of ice at British Soldiers. Someone yelled “fire” and 5 colonists were killed.
What was the name of the group that boycotted the paper products?
Sons of Liberty
What is boycotting?
when the colonists refused to buy or participate in the act
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What was the Boston Port Act?
What was the French and Indian War?
This event caused the King to go into great debt protecting the colonies. It was a battle over the Ohio River Valley.
Name 2 things that were taxed with the Stamp Act.
Cards, documents, licenses, newspapers
What is a Patriot?
A Patriot is someone who believed that the colonist should have a say in the government.
Why did the Boston Tea Party happen?
The Sons of Liberty wanted to protest the Tea Act.
True or False: the British officials could be charged and sent to jail in America.
False
TRUE or FALSE: The Proclamation of 1763 said colonists could not settle west of the Mississippi River.
True
What happened as a result of the boycotts?
The Stamp Act was repealed and the Townshend Acts were put in place.
What is a Loyalist?
Someone who stayed loyal to the British King.
What was the name of both protesting groups?
Sons of Liberty and Daughters of Liberty
What did the Quartering act require?
Colonist had to let the soldiers stay in their homes and feed them.
Fill in the blanks: “No _________________ without ___________________.”
No Taxation Without Repersentation