Road to Revolution II

Why did English begin taxing colonists?

• to make more money

• to pay of debt from the French and Indian War

• to help the King be rich

• because they did not care about the colonies

What did the Stamp Act Tax?

• stamps

• mail

• paper goods like newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards

What did the Sugar Act tax?

• Materials to make sweets

• Sugar

• Flour

• Baking materials

What were the Townshend Acts

• they placed new taxes and took away some freedoms from the colonists including the following: New taxes on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea.

• they taxed sugar, sweets and food in the colonies

• they sent laws to new towns founded in the late 1700s

Some american colonists believed their civil liberties as Englishmen were violated by the British government through its use of writs of assistance and the Quartering act

• True

• False

What did the Quartering Act say?

• British Soldiers could search your house without a cause to

• Colonists had to pay a tax on thier houses

• Colonists had to allow British Soldiers to stay in their homes

• British Soldiers could seize any house they wanted

Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre?

• Hector

• Crispus Attucks

• Sam Adams

• John Adams

Who dressed up like Native Americans and raided ships?

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

• King George

• Republicans

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• A very peaceful group of protestors

• King George's sons

• an army made up of Loyalists

• Group of men that protested laws like the Stamp Act

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

• Sons of Liberty threw all the tea in the ocean

• Patriots sat and had tea with King George

• Native Americans threw all the tea in the ocean

• King George had a sale on tea