Declaration of Independence

The Stamp Act was a law that forced American colonists to pay a tax on nearly all official documents and papers in America

• True

• False

What are 2 actions the British Parliament could have taken to reduce American colonists' anger over taxes.

• Allow colonists to vote on new taxes and give colonists representation in Parliament

• Issue new taxes and replace colonial governments with British-controlled government

• Create new taxes and giving the colonists more tea parties

Match the type of government to its description

Groups:

(a) Monarchy

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(b) Representative Democracy

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(c) Type colonists wanted

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(d) Great Britain had in the 1700s

• People have the power

• Monarchy

• Representative Democracy

• Authority over the people retained by a ruling family

What are 2 reasons England wanted to claim land in the "New World"?

• Less taxes and more freedom

• Gold and Trade

• More taxes and Native Americans

Match the geographic features to the correct colonial region

• good soil, hot summers, mild winters

• Middle Colonies

• soil good for farming, mild winters

• New England Colonies

• rocky, not good for farming, cold winter

• Southern Colonies

What did the Sugar, Stamp, and Townshend Acts have in common?

• They were all welcomed by colonists

• They were all created by the colonists

• They were all taxes on the colonists

What was the slogan created by colonists to represent their opinion on taxes from England?

• "There's no I in team"

• "In God we trust"

• "No taxation without representation"