Vocabulary
to owe money
debt
What is the name of the law making body in Great Britain?
Parliament
This law put a tax on paper goods
The Stamp Act
when people act together and refuse to sell, use or buy something
Boycott
Who was the King of England in the mid 1700s?
King George III
What did the Townshend Acts tax?
paper, wool, glass, paint, lead
To cancel or take away
Repeal
This person was a young lawyer to gave powerful speeches to people in Virginia explaining why the taxes from England were unfair.
Patrick Henry
True or False: The Stamp Act was repealed.
TRUE!
Another word for tax
Tariff
This group of colonists worked together to organize boycotts and rebel against the British in the colonies.
Sons of Liberty
True or False: The Townshend Acts were repealed.
TRUE!
(But they kept the tax on tea!)
A law making body or formal meeting
Congress
Give one example of how the Daughters of Liberty helped with protests and boycotts.
-Made liberty tea
-Weaved their own cloth
-Etc
How did the colonists show the British they were unhappy with the taxes? Name at least two ways.
Boycotts, Protests, Effigies of tax collectors, Etc.