Patriots
Great Britain’s 1763 victory in the ________________ and ___________________ War came at a great __________.
French and Indian
War
What was the cost of Britain’s debt?
122 Million Pounds
King George III surrounded himself with ________________ who agreed that he should rule the __________________ with a firm hand. They argued that it was only fair for to ________ colonists to help pay for Britain’s protection during the war.
Advisors
Colonies
Tax
With the new Act, any colonist who refused to pay was ________________ and _______________.
Arrested
Fined
Colonists disagreed with Britain’s __________________ the tax on them.
Imposing
A _____________ of all colonists remained loyal to King George II. The people were called ________________.
Loyalists
Who was a strong opponent to the Tax Law’s from Massachusetts?
Samuel Adams
Every colony _________________ the new tax law.
Protested
Because of the ________________, Parliament in 1766 voted to ________________ the Stamp Act.
Boycott
Cancel
Colonists refused to purchase British _________, such as ________.
Goods
Tea
Colonists who demanded that ___________________ have more control of their _____________________ were known as ___________________.
Americans
Government
Patriots
Parliament created more conflict by ___________________ colonists’ concerns. In turn, angry colonists staged a ________________, or refused to do business.
Ignoring
Boycott
______________________, the British Legislature, passed the _______________ _________ in 1764. It forced the colonists to pay a ________ on all _______________ products.
Parliament
Sugar Act
Tax
Sugar
Many colonists saw the Stamp Act as _________________ without _____________________. Meaning, they were forced to _________ taxes approved by officials they had not _________________.
Taxation without Representation
Pay
Elected
In October 1765, _______________________ from ______ colonies met in New York City and formed the _______________ _________ _______________.
Representatives
9
Stamp Act Congress
Was George Mason a Patriot or Loyalist, and who did he write to on June 6, 1766?
Patriot
Committee of Merchants
What were 5 factory-made imported goods from Britain?
Tea, Paper, Glass, Lead, Paint
There were many British, Patriots, and Loyalists who did ______ wish to go to _______.
Not
War
In 1767, Parliament found another way to _________ taxes. It passed the ______________________ ________, which were taxes on ________________-_________ goods imported from Britain.
Raise
Townshend Acts
Factory-Made
Colonial ___________ joined the protest. They formed a group called the “___________________ of ___________________” and found ways to replace British __________ with _____________________ items.
Women
Daughters of Liberty
Goods
Homemade
Britain ___________ the boycotts could lead to _________________, and so they __________ on these fears.
Feared
Violence
Acted
After the passage of the ____________________ _________, a Pennsylvania farmer named _________ _______________________ began writing a series of letters to the people of Great Britain. Although a ______________, he was against ____________________.
Townshend Act
John Dickinson
Patriot
Independence
One year later, Parliament passed the _______________ __________. It forced colonists to buy ______________ for all _________________ documents. This included papers products such as _____________, ______________________, ___________________, and even __________________ ____________.
Stamp Act
Stamps
Printed
Letters, Newspapers, Pamphlets, and Playing Cards
Britain sent _____________ to __________________, which was the center of ___________________ ________________.
Troops
Boston
Colonial Protests
The ______________ and ______________ war had left Britain not only with _________ but also with an economic _________________.
French and Indian War
Debt
Recession