AP U.S. History / Unit 3: Period 3: 1754–1800
3.3 Taxation Without Representation
Notes
Britain taxed the colonies: Sugar Act (1764), Stamp Act (1765), Townshend Acts (1767), Tea Act (1773). Colonists protested ("no taxation without representation"), boycotted goods, and held the Boston Tea Party. Britain responded with the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts.
Practice
The Stamp Act taxed:
Direct tax.
The Boston Tea Party led Britain to pass the:
Punishment of Boston.
Colonists argued they shouldn't be taxed because:
Representation.
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