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March 22, 1765
What is when the Stamp Act was passed by Parliament
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A tax on colonial newspapers, pamphlets, books, legal documents, dice, and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
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King George II
What is who was the leader of Great Britain during the time of the Stamp Act?
100
The main reason England taxed the colonists (Stamp Act)
What is to pay the debt of the French and Indian War?
100
Tarred and feathered them, hung lifelike dolls from trees and burned them, vandalized their homes.
What is how the colonists treated tax collectors?
200
November 1, 1765
What is when the Stamp Act was implemented?
200
A secret group formed as a result of the Stamp Act Congress which led protests to oppose British policy.
What is Sons of Liberty?
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Said that "Great Britain could not tax the colonists if no one was around to collect the money".
Who is Samuel Adams?
200
to gain more land and power for Britian
What is why England participated in the French and Indian War?
200
Stamp Act Congress & Sons of Liberty
What is two organizations formed by the colonists to protest the Stamp Act?
300
March 18, 1766
What is when was the Stamp Act repealed?
300
A special meeting to discuss responses to the Stamp Act.
What is the Stamp Act Congress?
300
Prime minister of Great Britian who came up with the idea of taxing the colonists with the Stamp Act.
What is who is George Grenville?
300
English merchants were losing money because the colonists refused to buy their goods and because tax collectors' lives were in danger.
What are the reasons England repealed the Stamp Act?
300
boycotting British goods, protests, forming special groups
What are ways the colonists reacted to the Stamp Act?
400
1756-1763
What is when the French and Indian War took place?
400
An act passed on the same day the Stamp Act was repealed which stated that Parliament had the power to pass any laws governing the American colonies.
What is the Declaratory Act?
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Said "taxation without representation is tyranny".
What is who is James Otis?
400
By sending 10,000 British troops to America
What is how did Great Britian protect their new land and the colonists after the French and Indian War?
400
The main reason the colonists opposed the Stamp Act.
What is Taxation Without Representation?