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14 Cards in this Set
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Why did Britain impose the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts on the colonists |
Britain needed money |
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What were some effects of the colonists' protest of the British taxes? |
Colonists boycotted British goods, Patrick Henry spoke out and the sons of Liberty were formed. |
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Who was one of the first to speak out against the Stamp Act? |
Patrick Henry |
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What was the effect of British taxation on colonists as a whole? |
They started to unite as Americans |
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Who organized the Sons of Liberty? |
Samuel Adams |
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What did the Daughters of the Liberty do to support the boycott of British goods? |
They began to make tea and weave cloth. |
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Britain's law making assembly |
Parliament |
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law passed by Parliament in 1765 that taxed printed materials in the colonies |
Stamp Act |
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to cancel |
repeal |
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groups of Patriots who worked to oppose British rule before the American Revolution |
Sons of Liberty |
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Laws passed by Parliament in 1767 that taxed many imports into the colonies from Britain |
Townshend Acts |
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tax on imported goods |
Tariff |
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organized refusal to buy goods |
boycott |
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groups of American woman Patriots who wove clot to replace the boycotted British goods |
Daughters of Liberty |
