Stamp & Townshend Acts

Who did the King feel should pay for the war?

• British

• colonists

• Spain

The Colonists were happy about paying the tax.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The Stamp Act taxed all ________ goods.

• paper

• plastic

• pollution

The colonists hope that the tax would be taken away, or ____________

• repealed

• lost

• given

• refocused

This law placed a tax on all printed material in the colonies including wills, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards.

• The Declaratory Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Coercive Acts

During the protests, colonists brought back a popular phrase from Stamp Act protests. What was that phrase?

• "Taxing sugar is not so sweet"

• "No taxation without representation"

• "Britain doesn't have the right to tax, so let's give the king the axe"

• "Parliament's taxation is causing inflation"

The colonists' riots and boycotts made England REPEAL the Stamp Act. What does repeal mean?

• Cancel something

• Peel something off

• Talk to Parliament

• Protest

This man, the leader of the Sons of Liberty, told colonists to boycott British goods. Who was he?

• Benjamin Franklin

• Samuel Adams

• George Washington

• King George III

A colonial group that encouraged colonists to burn stamps and attack tax collectors was called the:

• Sons of Liberty
• Stamp Act Congress
• Continental Congress
• militia

When colonists became angry with taxes, they often boycotted the goods that the taxes were on. What do you think boycotted means?

• Cheering taxes

• Protesting out in the streets

• Putting a boy on a cot

• Deciding not to buy or pay for a certain thing as a way of protesting