Chapter 11

Question 0

BOYCOTT

Answer 0

• Merchants and people agree not to buy British goods until Parliament eliminates new duties
• Colonial women join boycott
• Finding substitutes for boycotted goods
• Colonial merchants hoped that their boycott would hurt British economy and convince British officials to end new taxes
• It works

Question 1

NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION

Answer 1

• Slogan to rally colonists
• Colonists wanted representation in Parliament
• And the rights of an Englishman

Question 2

STAMP ACT

Answer 2

March 1765
Affected most colonists
Required to pay for an official stamp or seal whenever they bought paper items such as newspapers pamphlets, licenses, legal documents, playing cards
Tax collectors sold stamps and turned over proceeds to British government
Colonists who refused to buy stamps could be tried
Colonists saw Stamp Act as the first law of Parliament that directly taxed the colonists, not just on trade goods, but to raise money
Many were upset even loyalists

Question 3

King George III

Answer 3

• Was very unintelligent
• was considered stupid
• Was very stubborn
• Pride was the most important thing to him
• Just began to read and write at the age of 10
• seemed to be mentally ill
• was a nice man but not meant for being a king

Question 5

Tar and Feather

Answer 5

• the colonists got very angry about the stamp act
• attacked british stamp agents
• put tar all over them and then feathers in tar
• It was a nasty thing to do, but the King and Parliament got the idea
• The stamp tax could not be collected and was put to an end

Question 6

Sons of Liberty

Answer 6

• Sam Adams started this organization
• Met in Boston under an old elm tree that Adams called the Liberty tree
• As soon as the British got a chance they chopped down the liberty tree
• fought for colonists rights
• made up of American patriots

Question 7

Merchants

Answer 7

• people who sell things
• also known as Mercantilism
• If you sell more than you buy you make money
• Colonists were trying to make finished products and sell on their own, without England

Question 8

Townshend Acts

Answer 8

• 1767
• Taxes on glass, lead, tea, paint, and paper
• The colonists had to pay more money for those items
• No taxation without representation
• the colonists refused to pay