Taxes

A secret organization formed to protest the Stamp Act was called

• Congress
• Sons of Liberty
• Parliament
• Loyalists

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American colonists were asked to help cover the cost of the French and American War by paying

• Patriots
• snowballs
• taxes
• boycott

The tax on all items in the colonies made of paper was called the

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Act
• Boston tea Party

Why were the colonists angry about "taxation without representation?"

• The colonists wanted to pay taxes on stamps and tea
• The colonists had no representation in Parliament
• The colonists fought to write the Declaration of Independence
• The colonists were loyal to the British and wanted to keep them happy

Parliament passed the Tea Act in 1773. This caused colonists to protest in the form of the Boston Tea Party. What was the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists gave dinners to support the sale of the tea. 
• Colonists dressed as Indians destroyed the tea. 
• Colonists bought tea from other countries. 
• Colonists started growing their own tea. 

In the 1770s, England made the American colonies pay many taxes. Some of these taxes were the sugar act, stamp act, and the tea act. What did the colonists do because of these taxes?

• The colonists started taxing British goods.
• The colonists decided to trade only with France.
• The colonists voted for a new king. 
• The colonists boycotted the taxes and held many protests. 

In response to the Tea Act, colonists dressed as Mohawk Indians and dumped 340 tea chests into the Boston Harbor in what is known as the 

• Drink Coffee Movement
• Boston Swim in Tea
• Boston Tea Party
• Boston Night Out

These acts were meant as punishment for the Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts
• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act

New York refused to raise money to feed and shelter troops after this act was passed

• Stamp Act
• Townshend Acts
• Intolerable Acts
• Quartering Act

What laws were put in place as punishment after the Boston Tea Party?

• Proclamation Line
• Tea Act
• Sugar, Stamp, and Townshend Acts
• Intolerable Acts