Stamp Act and Townshend Acts

The Stamp Act taxed all [ ] goods

• Molasses

• Sugar

• Paper

• Tea

The French and Indian war was very [ ] for the British

• Cheap

• Expensive

• Short

Who did the King feel should pay for the war?

• Colonists

• England

• France

• Native Americans

The colonists were happy about paying taxes

• True

• False

What famous phrase became a cry of the colonists

• "Free the People!"

• "We the people!"

• "Ain't nobody got time for that!"

• "No taxation without representation!"

Why were the colonists so angry about the taxes

• They could not afford to pay taxes

• They gave enough money to the king already

• They had no representation in parliament

• They were not angry!

Benjamin Franklin proposed the [ ] that would be rejected by the king of England

• Albany Plan of Action

• Albany Plan of Union

• The New York Party Plan

• The New York Compact

The secret group formed in 1765 to protect colonist's rights and protest British taxation

• Sons of Liberty

• Sons of Freedom

• Sons of God

• Sons of Thunder

The main reason for the repeal of the Stamp Act was the loss of money caused by the boycotts

• True

• False

Along with the repeal of the Stamp Act, parliament passed the [ ] which gave the king the right to make laws for the colonies

• The U.S. Constitution

• Declaration of Independence!

• Townshend Acts

• Declaratory Act of 1766