The Stamp Act

What group took to the streets to protest the Stamp Act?

• The Minutemen

• The Boston Boys

• The Sons of Liberty

In what year did the British impose the Stamp Act?

• 1763

• 1765

• 1766

• 1770

WHY did the cartoonist draw the "old man" having a peg leg and a "cat of nine tails" WHIP in his left hand...?

• The old man is a veteran of the French & Indian War and lost his leg

• The old man is supposed to be King George III and he THINKS that he is powerful - but really he is powerless to control the colonists

• The old man is George Washington and the WHIP in his hand is because George owned slaves and often whipped them

In this political cartoon, WHY is the old man "pulling on strings" connected to the noses of the people on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean...? This shows that:

• The old man works with needles and threads and is involved in the clothing manufacturing business

• The old man is like a "puppeteer" and is TRYING to make the people do EXACTLY what he wants them to do

• The old man is a fisherman and has gotten quite a "catch" of unusual "fish"

What does Thomas Hutchinson SECRETLY ASK FOR in his secret letter to a friend of his who lives in Britain...?

• Tea

• Soldiers to come to Massachusetts and protect royal officials like him

• Money!!!

• More Stamp Act taxes for the colonists to pay!

As protests against the Stamp Act grew in the 13 Colonies, a new slogan or phrase was used to protest the Stamp Act

• Make America Great Again

• We Will Fight Them In The Air, On the Beaches and On the Sea

• No Taxation Without Representation

• Big Wheels Keep on Turning

Why did King George want to tax the colonists?

• to pay the ransom to get Susanna Johnson and her family OUT of a French prison in Quebec

• to pay for his new palace

• to punish them for losing the French and Indian War

• to pay Britain's debts for fighting and winning the French & Indian War

WHO in this painting did the colonists WANT TO BE LIKE...?

• The children

• The woman

• The rich and powerful men

Who were the Sons of Liberty?

• Male children born DURING the Stamp Act protests

• A group of colonists who only protested PEACEFULLY against the Stamp Act

• A group of colonists who sometimes used VIOLENCE against the royal officials & tax collectors

• A group of colonists who boarded ships headed for Britain in hopes of taking over the Parliament building & killing the King's supporters

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• Packages from Amazon.com

• legal documents and newspapers, playing cards & dice

• sugar and molasses

• tea