Ch 5 Test

Front

What caused tension between the colonists and Britain along with the Stamp Act and lack of representation in Parliament?

Back

Proclamation of 1763

Front

How did the colonists react to the Stamp Act, which put a tax on official things printed on paper?

Back

They felt it would ruin America.

Front

Who needed to tax the colonist to pay their war debt?

Back

Britain

Front

What slogan, or saying, did colonists use to show their anger over taxes?

Back

No taxation without representation

Front

True or False - The colonists liked the new taxes.

Back

False

Front

The Sons of Liberty encouraged _____________.

Back

boycotting British goods

Front

What big event started when a colonist hit a British soldier with a stick?

Back

The Boston Massacre

Front

What event happened 4 years after the Boston Massacre?

Back

The First Continental Congress meets.

Front

The Committee of ________ was created to quickly give colonists information about what the British king was doing.

Back

Correspondence

Front

What did Benjamin Franklin do?

Back

helped write the Declaration of Independence