Gallopade Chapter 3 - Growing Tensions with Great Britain

Great Britain was in debt because

• of the French Indian War

• they bought many ships

• nobody would pay them for their products overseas

• the price of oil went up

''NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION''

• It was a way to say tax me more because everything was very cheap

• It meant that the tariffs were fair for the Colonists.

• It meant that the Colonists did not want representation in the British parliament

• It was a common cry that the British Colonists in North America held against the British Crown.

What did the colonists do to avoid paying more tariffs?

• they started buying from the French

• they started buying from the Native Americans

• they boycotted british goods

• they began making their own goods

What was the intention of the Townshend Acts?

• to impose tariffs and taxes on other British goods to control the colonists

• to impose tariffsand taxes on French goods to control the colonists

• to impose tariffs and taxes on Native American goods to control the colonists

• to impose tariffs and taxes on Spanish goods to control the colonists

to protest by refusing to buy a good or service

• revolt

• parliament

• proclamation

• boycott

What was the goal of the colonist's boycott?

• Prove they did not need Great Britain

• Hurt British trade

• Try to survive on colonial goods

• to make France angry

Samuel Adams and John Hancock were part of which patriotic group...

• Rebels of the North

• Patriots of Freedom

• Sons of Liberty

• New Colonists

Why did Parliament create the Stamp Act?

• The British Parliament wanted the colonists to pay for the costs of the French and Indian War

• The British Parliament wanted to build new cities and thought the colonists would like to help pay.

• The British Parliament was mad at the colonists for drinking too much tea.

The Stamp Act forced colonists to pay a tax on

• paper

• wood

• wax

What happened to the Stamp Act?

• Parliament made it a new law.

• It was repealed.

• It was repealed but they brought it back.