People
Potluck
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
100
Patrick Henry
Who decided that Virginians didn't have to pay the sugar act?
100
1764
When did the Sugar Act be "enacted" (put in place by law)
100
a tax on all formal documents
What is the Stamp Act?
100
a tax to stop colonists from smuggling goods
What is the Sugar Act?
100
a tax on paper, paint, glass, lead, and tea
What is the Townshend Act?
200
Prime Minister, William Pitt
Who almost bankrupted parliament?
200
1765
When did the Stamp Act be put in place?
200
diplomas and card games
What were two examples of items taxed?
200
tea or sugar
What did the colonists probably smuggle?
200
It was hard to collect from the Stamp Act
Why did the Townshend Act happen?
300
he used his "affluence" (having a lot of money) to promote the independence cause.
Who was John Hancock?
300
1767
When was the Townshend Act made a law?
300
more mob violence and boycotts
What would be a product if the Brits didn't repeal the Stamp Act?
300
a little less than a penny
How much is a "pence"?
300
tea still stayed
What still stayed when the Townshend Act got mostly repealed?
400
Samuel Adams
Who wrote a paper about how the Sugar Act was unreasonable?
400
They couldn't make money off of it
Why did they repeal the Stamp Act?
400
3 pence
How many "pence" did the Sugar Act cost?
400
not very effective
How effective was the Townshend Act?
500
he didn't approve of Samuel Adams paper
Why did Gov. Fauquier dissolve, or fire the House of Burggesses
500
They still wouldn't have made much money from the Stamp Act
What might have happened if they didn't repeal the Stamp Act?
500
The Stamp act took its place
Identify the results of the Sugar Act being repealed.
500
The stamp act didn't collect much
What happened before the Townshend Act was put in place?
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