Stamp Act

The ______________________ was a tax on legal documents, magazines, newspapers, and many other types of paper.

• TEA ACT

• STAMP ACT

The Stamp Act Congress issued the , stating that the Stamp Act violated colonists’ rights as English citizens.

• DECLARATION OF RIGHTS AND GRIEVANCES

• DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

The Stamp Act was repealed in ____________________________ .

• 1766

• 1776

Colonial leaders took a more approach to protesting the Stamp Act.

• DIPLOMATIC

• RUDE

___________________________________ openly encouraged businesses not to buy the stamps and even resorted to intimidation to frighten tax collectors.

• SAMUEL ADAMS (OR LOYAL NINE)

• JOHN ADAMS

Colonial leaders hoped that boycotts would hurt the ____________________ enough that Parliament would repeal the new taxes.

• BRITISH ECONOMY

• AMERICAN ECONOMY

Patrick Henry insisted that Britain’s actions with the Stamp Act were a threat to American and British ________________________ .

• CONTROL

• FREEDOM

Not a single was in business on the day the Stamp Act was to take effect.

• STAMP COMMISSIONER

• BRITISH SOLDIER

The Stamp Act required colonists to pay a tax on...

• wood

• metal products

• legal documents and printed papers

What were the members of the Stamp Act Congress trying to do?

• Form a united front against Great Britain; support boycotts and ask King George III to repeal, or take away, the Stamp Act

• Pass new laws banning King George from visiting the colonies

• Separate from Great Britain and start a new country