Stamp and Townshend Acts

Why did the British issue the Sugar Act?

• To pay for paper which was expensive

• To tax the Americans on tea, sugar and molasses

• To make sure Americans knew parliament was in charge

• To help recover money used to pay for the French and Ivain War

What does "No Taxation without Representation" mean?

• That the colonists would not pay taxes unless they had someone in Parliament to fight for them

• That the colonists would not be taxed unless Parliament moved to America

• That citizens living in England should not be taxed.

• The colonists would never pay taxes because they lived in the colonies

Which one is something a colonist might ask after the Quartering Act was passed?

• Why do we keep getting taxed on tea?

• Do we have to also provide clothing and food to soldiers?

• Why should we have to help pay for the French and Indian War?

• When can we help the soldiers even more?

What was the role of the "Sons of Liberty?"

• To peacefully protest

• To make the colonies listen to England

• To make compromises with Parliament

• To protest unfair decisions by the King and Parliament and fight for the rights of colonists

Parliament eventually repealed the Stamp Act

• True

• False

Embargo and boycott mean

• To dance

• To fly

• to stop using goods as a form of protest

• to go somewhere