Taxes and Acts
What was the Stamp Act?
A tax on all paper products. Example: pieces of paper, newspapers, and books
The Tea Act caused...
the colonists to rebel by throwing tea into the Boston Harbor.
Boycott
Stop buying
Which came first: The French and Indian War or the Stamp Act?
The French and Indian War!
What was the Tea Act?
taxes on tea
The Boston Tea Party caused the __________ Acts
Intolerable Acts
Paying extra money on top of the price
Which came first: the Stamp Act or the Tea Act?
The Stamp Act!
What was the Quartering Act?
An act that required the colonists to house British soldiers in their homes.
Once colonists protested the Stamp Act Parliament ________ the act
repealed
To take back, to cancel
Which came first: The Tea Act or the Intolerable Acts?
The Tea Act!
What were the Intolerable Acts?
1. Closed the Boston Harbor so that supplies could not get in or out
2. Took away Boston's right to govern itself
3. Allowed the British to have trials back in England
4. Quartering Act
The Stamp Act caused...
the colonists to become angry about the taxes
No Taxation without Representation
Do not tax us without letting us have a say in our government!
Which came first: the Intolerable Acts or the First Continental Congress?
The Intolerable Acts!
What happened because of the First Continental Congress?
The colonists stopped importing goods from Great Britain.
The French and Indian War caused...
the King of England to impose a Stamp Tax on the colonists to pay for the war.
What does 'liberty' mean?
Freedom!
What happened last: the First Continental Congress or the Intolerable Acts?
The First Continental Congress!