Stamp Act Flashcards
The Stamp Act was a tax on many paper goods. The British felt that they deserved the money for protection and war expenses.
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| 228340338 | Stamp Act | The ________ was a tax on many paper goods. The British felt that they deserved the money for protection and war expenses. | |
| 228340339 | Boycott | Refusal to buy goods. | |
| 228340340 | Tariff | a tax on imported goods. | |
| 228340341 | Townsehend Acts | The _________ imposed tariffs on imported goods. | |
| 228340342 | First Continental Congress | A 1774 meeting at which representatives from the colonies voted to stop trading with Britain and to start training colonists to fight. | |
| 228340343 | Militia | _________ are volunteer soldiers that the British trained. | |
| 228340344 | Minutmen | Some militias were called _________(soldiers ready to fight for the colonies in a minut's notice.) | |
| 228340345 | Patriots | __________ fought against the KING. | |
| 228340346 | Loyalists | ___________ agreed with the KING. | |
| 228340347 | Intolerble Acts | __________ were laws imposed by Britian that were punishments for the Boston Tea Party. |