Colonists Defy Parliament - pg 158 Members of the “Stamp Act Congress”:

Colonists Defy Parliament - pg 158

Members of the “Stamp Act Congress”:

1. What slogan did colonists cry out to protest the attack on their rights?

• No taxation without representation

2. Who was the member of the Virginia House of Burgesses that demanded resistance? He said “If this be treason, make the most of it!”

• Patrick Henry

3. Stamp Act Congress:

Who?

• Delegates (elected representatives) from nine colonies

What?

• “Stamp Act Congress” (that’s what they formed).

• “Congress” means a meeting of important people

When?

• 1765

Where?

• New York City

Why?

• To create a petition to the King protesting the Stamp Act

What did the Stamp Act Congress declare?

• The right to tax the colonies belonged to the colonists, not Parliament

4. What was the purpose of the group called the “Sons of Liberty”?

• They were a secret society formed to oppose British policy

5. What did members of the Sons of Liberty encourage?

• Colonists should Attack customs officials and burn the stamps

6. What was the most effective form of protest?

• The Boycott

7. How do we know that the boycott worked?

• The Stamp Act was repealed (withdrawn)

8. Who did the boycott target?

• British Merchants

American Political Cartoon poking fun at Parliament holding a “stamp act funeral”:

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