Road to the Revolution Part Two | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

English 15 Public

The Stamp Act The Committees of Correspondence The Townshend Acts

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True or False: The Stamp Act was a tax act meant to help pay for the British troops that stayed in the colonies.

TRUE

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The British troops stayed in the colonies after the war for that two reasons?

1) to protect from Native American attacks 2) to keep the French from reclaiming land

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Name three things taxed under the Stamp Act.

playing cards, court documents, pamphlets, newspapers, almanacs (anything printed on paper)

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True or False: All 13 colonies sent representatives to the Stamp Act Congress meeting.

FALSE 9 out of 13 attended

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True or False: The Stamp Act lasted one year before it was canceled.

TRUE from 1765 to 1766

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Who was the leader of the Sons of Liberty?

Sam Adams

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Who started the Committees of Correspondence?

Sam Adams

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What does "correspondence" mean?

Correspondence means communication through letter writing.

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What types of information or news did colonies share within the correspondence?

1) What the British were doing 2) What they were doing to stop the British

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What tax act followed the Stamp Act?

Townshend Acts

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What is a synonym for repealed?

cancaled

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The Townshend Acts taxed what items?

paint, paper, lead, glass, and tea

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What two things did colonists do to protest the Townshend Acts?

They held public demonstrations. They boycotted imports.

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What happened to the Townshend Acts?

They were repealed in 1770.

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What tax remained when the Townshend Acts were repealed?

a tax on tea

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