The Stamp Act
When was the stamp act passed? (year)
1765
March 5, 1770
When was the Tea Act passed?
May of 1773
When were these laws passed? (year)
1774
What is the Declaration of Independence?
13 colonies were free from Great Britian
The Stamp Act required American colonists to pay a tax on what?
Printed Paper
What was the reason for this event?
The new British taxes called the Townshend
What did this law do?
Gave the East India Company the right to sell tea directly to the colonies at a low price
What was the goal of these laws?
Punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
It was issued by who?
The Second Continental Congress
What was the goal of taxing?
What did they throw at the British soldier?
Snowballs and oyster shells
The tea was being TAXED
What did the 1st law do?
Closed the Boston harbor until the colonists paid for the tea that was destroyed in the Boston Tea Party.
How many men wrote the Declaration of Independence?
5
Great Britain was taxing without the approval of who?
Legislatures
How many colonists lost their lives?
5
The Tea Act is a great example of what?
Taxation without representation
Law #2 did what?
When was it created?
July 4, 1776
When was the Stamp Act repealed (canceled)? (year)
1766
Who was the lawyer who helped the soldiers be set free with reduced charges for this crime?
John Adams
On December 16, 1773, a secret group of patriots disguised themselves, boarded three British ships and dumped the tea chests into the water. What was the name of this secret group?
Sons of Liberty
The 3rd act was nicknamed what?
"Murder Act"
Name 3 of the 5 men who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
1. Thomas Jefferson 2. John Adams 3. Benjamin Franklin