In 1764, Britain created a new tax with a law called the _____ ___. This act taxed goods such as sugar, coffee, and cloth.
Early Conflicts with Britain

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Nicole Garcia
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sugar Act
Coffee Act
Cloth Act
Tax Act
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Merchants avoided paying taxes by secretly bringing in goods illegally. This is known as _________.
Hiding
Smuggling
Parliament
Protest
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Many colonies were upset by the new taxes and soon a group formed called the ____ _____. They wanted freedom from being controlled by the British government.
Sons of Liberty
Sons of Protest
Sons of Stamp Act
Liberty Protestors
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Merchants in large port cities agreed to hold a _______ of British goods. This meant they refused to buy, sell or use certain goods.
repeal
boycott
Townshend Act
Tax
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
British Parliament agreed to repeal the Stamp Act in 1766. What does real mean?
to cancel
to keep it
to tax it
to import
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In 1767, British Parliament created a new tax on tea, glass, lead, paints, and paper. These new taxes were known as the _________ ____.
Townshend Acts
Boston Acts
Colonial Imports
Stamp Act
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Colonists were upset about the Townshend Acts and threatened violence. The British government responded by ________ ________ .
sending soldiers to protect tax officials
canceling the Townshend Acts
returning money to the colonists
destroying all paper
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