Stamp Act, Protest Groups & Townshend Acts

What was the purpose of the Stamp Act?

• To raise money for the fair
• To raise money for their horses
• To raise money for protection of the colonies
• To raise money for the football team

What items were taxed under the Stamp Act

• Deeds
• Wills
• Marriage License
• All of the above

Why as the Stamp Act repealed?

• To ease colonial tensions and prevent rebellion in the colonies
• To collect for money
• Tired of it
• Reduced tax

What was the purpose of the Sons of Liberty?

• To house the soldiers
• To feed the soldiers
• To force the British government to repeal the Stamp Act
• All of the above

How did the Sons of Liberty protest the Stamp Act?

• Had a picnic
• Rode horses into the buildings
• Through their iphone
• Boycotted British goods, refused to pay the tax, and intimated tax collectors

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• legal documents
• inns
• farm animals
• imports

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

• “The rights of Englishmen”
• “Give me liberty or give me death”
• “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
• “No taxation without representation“

How did Parliament respond to protests against the Stamp Act? 

• It sent troops to enforce the law.
• It allowed a representative from the colonies to attend its sessions.
•  It repealed the law.
• It passed the Tea Act.

The Sons of Liberty were founded by John Hancock and ___.

• George Washington
• Paul Revere
• Sam Adams
• John Adams

Which founding father started the Committees of Correspondence?

• George Washington
• Abraham Lincoln
• Samuel Adams
• Barack Obama