The Sugar Act & Stamp Act

What was the Stamp Act tax?

• A. Tea and Sugar

• B. Mail sent between England and the American colonies

• C. It was an income tax on the colonial lawyers

• D. Printed materials like newspapers and legal documents

Why did the British government decide to tax the colonies?

• A. To pay for a new palace for King George

• B. To pay for a war against Spain

• C. To pay for the French and Indian War

• D. To pay for improvements in the city of London

Why did the American colonists protest against the Sugar Act?

• A. Because they the colonists did not have money

• B. Because they already paid high taxes

• C. Because they were being taxed without discussing the Sugar act in the Parliament

• D. None of the above.

How did the colonists protest against the Stamp Act?

• A. They refused to pay the tax

• B. They boycotted British goods

• C. They burned the stamped paper in the streets

• D. None of the above

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

• A. Stamp Act Convention

• B. Congress Against Taxes

• C. Continental Congress

• D. Stamp Act Congress

The taxes for the Stamp Act had to be paid with _______

• A. Colonial money

• B. French money

• C. British money

• D. None of the above

Getting or sending goods secretly or illegally into or out of a country is called _____

• A. Trading

• B. Buying & selling

• C. Smuggling

• D. None of the above

Considering the context, what should be paid for any imported goods?

• A. Money

• B. Taxes

• C. Duties

• D. All of the above

__________ is the person who buys and sells good in large quantities, especially who imports and exports goods

• A. Merchant

• B. Trader

• C. Both A & B

• D. None of the above

Independence simply means _________

• A. Freedom

  B. Liberty

  C. Both A & B

  D. None of the above

• B. Liberty

• C. Both A & B

• D. None of the above