Early Conflicts with Britain

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

• Sugar Act

• Coffee Act

• Cloth Act

• Tax Act

Merchants avoided paying taxes by secretly bringing in goods illegally. This is known as _________.

• Hiding

• Smuggling

• Parliament

• Protest

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

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

British Parliament agreed to repeal the Stamp Act in 1766. What does real mean?

• to cancel

• to keep it

• to tax it

• to import

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

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

Colonists felt they shouldn't be taxed unless they had representatives in __________.

• Parliament

• town

• Britain

• Boston

A group of women known as the _________ _____ wove their own cloth and used it to make clothes. This meant colonists didn't have to buy taxed cloth from the British.

• Daughters of Britain

• Sewing Women

• Daughters of Liberty

• Wealthy Women

The British government taxed the colonists to help pay for the _____ ___ ______ ___.

• Ohio River Valley

• sugar, tea, cloth, and coffee

• King George III's new ship

• French and Indian War