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What was the Sugar Act of 1764?
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Britain put duties(or taxes) on imported goods such as sugar, coffee, molassas, silk and indigo.
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What is an import?
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A good that is brought into a country from another country.
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What was the Stamp Act of 1765?
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Britain required that the colonists buy a special stamp to be used on all business documents.
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What brought on the opposition from the colonists?
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1. the Stamp Act,
2. they did not feel that Britain had the right to tax them, 3. they did not feel they were represented in Parliament |
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What were the sons of library?
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Organized the colonists to protest the Stamp Act.
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The Stamp Act Congress met in 1765 - led by __ ___.
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Samuel Adams
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What did the Stamp Act Congress do?
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They sent a petition to King George IV offering allegiance if he would repeal (take back) the Stamp Act.
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What caused the breach between Britain and the colonists to widen?
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Britain repeal the Stamp Act and then established the Townsend Acts.
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What is the Townsend Acts?
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Britain placed new duties (taxes) on such items as lead, glass, tea and paper.
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What was the colonists' response to the Townsend Acts?
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The colonists boycotted British merchants.
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What did the colonists try to do with the Townsend Acts?
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The colonial merchants tried to bypass the duties (taxes).
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What did the British do when they found out that the colonial merchants were going around the Townsend Acts?
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They widened the use of the Writs of Assistance.
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What happen with the colonists after the Writ of Assistance was widen?
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Samuel Adams and the Massachuetts legislature denounced the Townsend Acts.
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What did Britain do when Samual Adams and the legislature denounced the Acts?
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Britain sent in troops to maintain order.
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