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1764 it put an import tax on goods containing molasses. It established special courts to hear smuggling cases.
Sugar Act
1765 it put a tax on CERTAIN PRINTED GOODS, ex. Wills, diplomas, marriage licenses, newspapers, deeds, and playing cards.
Stamp Act
Great Britain decided to ___ the colonists
Tax
These taxes were unfair because there was no
colonial representation
The Prime Minister of New England in the early 1760s who set up taxes for the colonists
George Grenville
The ___ were a great source of money for The British
colonists
In October of 1765 the colonists set up the _____
“Stamp Act Congress”
were __(number) colonies that sent delegates to write letters to King George III and Parliament concerning the Stamp Act.
9
were 9 colonies that sent ____ to write letters to King George III and Parliament concerning the Stamp Act.
delegates
were 9 colonies that sent delegates to write letters to _____ and Parliament concerning the Stamp Act.
King George III
were 9 colonies that sent delegates to write letters to King George III and ____ concerning the Stamp Act.
Parliament
were 9 colonies that sent delegates to write letters to King George III and Parliament concerning the _____
Stamp Act.
Representatives
delegates
Some colonists organized a
Boycott
an organized campaign to refuse to buy certain goods.
Boycott
Great Britain also set up the _____ in 1765
Quartering Act
The colonists HAD to house the Redcoats, British soldiers.
Quartering Act
British soldiers
Redcoats
The colonists put pressure on ____ to REPEAL the Stamp Act.
Parliament
The colonists put pressure on Parliament to REPEAL the _____
Stamp Act
The colonists put pressure on Parliament to ____ the Stamp Act.
REPEAL
take away
Repeal
Acts set up in 1767 by Charles Townshend
Townshend Acts
Financial Minister
Charles Townshend
Parliament decided not tot tax
Internal Items
made in the colonies
Internal items
Parliament only taxed ___
imports
