Crash Course US History 6 Taxes & Smuggling

According to John, the American Revolution was partially about “our God-given right to smuggle.”

• True (T)

• False (F)

The French and Indian War created a lot of debt, which caused British to raise taxes.

• T

• F

Colonists were upset even though they had a say in creating the new taxes.

• T

• F

The colonies had been under strict control, by the British, since their founding.

• T

• F

The Sugar Act of 1764 actually lowered tax on imports from the Caribbean.

• T

• F

The Stamp Act declared that only legal documents had to carry a stamp.

• T

• F

Colonial organization (committees of correspondence and Sons of Liberty) and protest were unsuccessful in getting the British to repeal any taxes.

• T

• F

The Declaratory Act was basically just a formalized statement of Britain saying “we can tax you.”

• T

• F

Women got involved and the Daughters of Liberty encouraged the use of homespun clothes rather than those made in Britain.

• T

• F

Boycotts were good for colonial merchants.

• T

• F