chp. 8 5th grade

Great Britain was in debt because

• of the French Indian War

• the 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.

Patrick Henry

• was an old doctor from New York and he agrred with the Stamp Act.

• was lawyer who opposed the Stamp Act

• was a politican from Connecticut who wanted to have a tobacco farm

• His famous phrase was ''give me liberty of give me death""

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

• Make Great Britain angry

In 1765, Parliament passed the

• Stamp Act

• Townsend Acts

• act to tax the 13 colonies

Samuel Adams and James Otis were part of which patriotic group...

• Rebels of the North

• Patriots of Freedom

• Sons of Liberty

• 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.