5e and 6a The Sugar Act and The Stamp Act

Understand the Sugar Act & Stamp Act: colonial taxes that sparked protest!

Use the reading in Google Classroom to fill in the blanks. 1. The French and Indian War was very expensive for the British. 2. King George III went into debt funding the war, and he needed to pay back his debt. 3. The king felt that the colonists should help pay the debt back. 4. In 1764, The Sugar Act was passed by the British Parliament and became a law. 5. The Sugar Act set a tax on sugar and molasses that was imported into the colonies. It also increased taxes on coffee and indigo. 6. This tax was passed without the consent orsupport from the colonists. 7. Since the colonists had no say in this tax, they were not happy about it. They called this taxation without representation. 8. When the British Parliament voted to invoke this tax, there was no one there to speak for the colonies. The Stamp Act 9. In 1765, the British Parliament passed another tax law. This time, the tax applied to paper documents such as newspapers, legal documents, and magazines. 10. It cost money for the colonies to buy the paper with the seal on it, which angered colonists since they now had to pay for something that used to be free. 11. Many colonists were outraged that this tax was passed in the Parliament when they had no one in the Parliament that could speak for the colonists. 12. The colonists felt that this tax was unfair. 13. In October of 1765, representatives from nine colonies met in New York at what was called The Stamp Act Congress to discuss what should be done. 14. Colonists hoped that the tax would be repealed, or taken away, but the British truly though that it was fair. What group of people passed the tax laws on the colonies? Congress House of Burgesses Parliament This was a tax on molasses, coffee, and indigo? The Stamp Act Townshend Act The Sugar Act