5th - SS Chapter 8 Lesson 1

Question 0

Law that placed a tax on printed materials in the colonies.

Answer 0

Stamp Act

Question 1

Britain’s law-making assembly

Answer 1

Parliament

Question 2

Cancel

Answer 2

Repeal

Question 3

Group that led protests against the new tax

Answer 3

Sons of Liberty

Question 4

Laws that replaced a tax on imported good from Britain.

Answer 4

Townshend Acts

Question 5

Tax on imported goods.

Answer 5

Tariff

Question 6

Refusal to buy goods.

Answer 6

Boycott

Question 7

Group formed to help with the boycott of British goods.

Answer 7

Daughters of Liberty

Question 8

What was the money raised from taxing the colonists going to be used for?

Answer 8

It would be used to help pay the costs of defending the colonies.

Question 9

What was the colonists reaction to the Stamp Act?

Answer 9

Anger

Question 10

Why were the colonists angry with the Stamp Act?

Answer 10

They felt that they should not be taxed by a government that didn’t represent them. “No taxation without representation!”

Question 11

Who was the first colonists to speak out against the Stamp Act?

Answer 11

Patrick Henry

Question 12

In October of 1765, a meeting with leaders from the nine colonies called the Stamp Act Congress was held in New York. What did they want to accomplish?

Answer 12

They tried to make Parliament repeal the Stamp Act.

Question 13

How did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act?

Answer 13

The colonies began to unite against British taxes (protested the new tax)

Question 14

Who organized the Sons of Liberty?

Answer 14

Samuel Adams

Question 15

What type of protests did the Sons of Liberty do against the Stamp Act?

Answer 15

They burnt stamps and threatened stamp agents.

Question 16

What effect did the Sons of Liberty have on the Stamp Act?

Answer 16

Their goal was to scare stamp agents and it worked. By the time the Stamp Act officially went into effect, there was not an agent in the colonies who dared try to sell the stamps.

Question 17

What did Parliament do in 1766?

Answer 17

Voted to repeal the Stamp Act.

Question 18

Britain still needed money so Parliament passed what?

Answer 18

The Townshend Acts

Question 19

What caused British leaders to pass the Townshend Acts?

Answer 19

The British still needed money and to show the colonies who was in charge.

Question 20

How did the colonists react to the Townshend Acts?

Answer 20

They again protested - decided to boycott British imports.

Question 21

What group was formed to help with the boycott?

Answer 21

Daughters of Liberty

Question 22

What sort of things did the Daughters of Liberty do to help with the boycott?

Answer 22

Made their own tea out of berries and herbs and began weaving cloth that could be used instead of British wool.

Question 23

What caused the British to send warships to Boston?

Answer 23

The boycotts were hurting British business so the British government decided to take stronger action. They hoped this show of force would convince colonist’s to stop protesting.