key definitions

Question 1

external tax

Answer 1

a tax that affected american merchants - it regulated trade such as the sugar act

england have always taxed americans like this

Question 2

internal tax

Answer 2

a tax that affected all americans because it taxed everyday items such as paper

colonial assemblies have always raised internal taxes, not britain

Question 3

tax to raise revenue

Answer 3

a tax where the money raised would would go to the british

normally, the colonial assemblies would’ve decided how to spend the money raised from taxes

Question 4

no taxation without representation

Answer 4

americans believed they had the rights of englishmen not to be taxed unless they were represented in parliament by mp’s

Question 5

pressure from above

Answer 5

upper class and social elite actions that led to a revolution

Question 6

pressure from below

Answer 6

lower class actions which led to a revolution