Stamp Act & Townshend Acts

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• Tea and Sugar

• Mail sent between England and the American colonies

• It was an income tax on the colonial lawyers

• Printed materials like newspapers and legal documents

• Weapons such as muskets and rifles

Why did the British government decide to tax the colonies?

• To pay for the French and Indian War

• To pay for a new palace for King George

• To pay for a war against Spain

• To pay for improvements in the city of London

• To pay for new ships being built for the Royal Navy

Why did the American colonists protest against the Stamp Act?

• Because they thought they should not have to pay any taxes at all

• Because they were being taxed without representation in the government

• Because they already paid high taxes such as income tax to the British government

• All of the above

What year did the British begin to impose the Stamp Act?

• 1760

• 1762

• 1765

• 1775

• 1776

How did the colonists protest agains the Stamp Act?

• They refused to pay the tax

• They boycotted British goods

• They burned the stamped paper in the streets

• All of the above

What was the meeting of delegates from the colonies to discuss the Stamp Act called?

• Continental Congress

• Stamp Act Convention

• Congress Against Taxes

• Anti-tax Colonial Convention

• Stamp Act Congress

What group took to the streets to protest against the Stamp Act?

• Sons of Liberty

• Green Mountain Boys

• The Minutemen

• Patriots of America

• Continental Congress

What was the result of the American protests against the Stamp Act?

• The British declared war on the American colonies

• The British parliament repealed the Stamp Act

• The British ordered the protesters shot

• The British continued to enforce the Stamp Act and the Americas finally gave in and paid the tax

• All of the above

What was the Declaratory Act?

• A declaration from the American colonies to the British that they would not pay any British taxes

• A declaration of war by the British

• A statement from the British Parliament stating that they had the right to tax the colonies

• A new tax on tea and sugar

• A tax on income to pay for repealing the Stamp Act

True or False: The British never tried to tax the American colonies again after the Stamp Act.

• True

• False