Toward Independence Pt. 2

This law required colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used.

• The Quartering Act
• The Stamp Act
• The Tea Act
• The Townshend Acts

Under the Stamp Act, which of the following goods would NOT require an official stamp?

• Wills
• Licenses
• Rifles
• Playing cards

How did the British government justify the Stamp Act?

• They claimed the colonists owed them for protecting them against Indians
• They claimed that colonists used too much paper
• They claimed that the colonists stole money from the British

When the colonists made the argument that Parliament had no right to tax them, they yelled:

• WE DIDN'T VOTE FOR YOU
• NO UNFAIR TAXATION IMPLEMENTATION
• NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
• NO TAXATION FOR OUR NEW NATION

How did the Sons of Liberty react to the Stamp Act?

• They wrote letters to Parliament
• They refused to buy stamps
• They attacked tax collectors
• They went to England to see the King

What does it mean to "repeal" a law?

• To cancel or take it back
• To add on to it
• To introduce it to people
• To enforce it

This law ordered colonial assemblies to provide British troops with housing.

• Stamp Act
• Quartering Act
• Townshend Acts
• Proclamation of 1763

This law placed a tax on certain goods the colonies imported from Great Britain.

• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Proclamation of 1763

Refusal to buy one or more good from a certain source is also called a 

• resistance
• avoidance of purchase
• boycott
• standoff

Which group was instrumental (important) in making the boycotts successful?

• African Americans
• the Sons of Liberty
• Women
• Children