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Sons of Liberty

The group who led the opposition to the British taxes – using persuasion and intimidation, was called… . Sons of Liberty . Laws put into effect to punish Boston and force payment of $90,000 (the value of the destroyed cargo). Intolerable Acts .

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Sons of Liberty

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  1. The group who led the opposition to the British taxes – using persuasion and intimidation, was called… Sons of Liberty

  2. Laws put into effect to punish Boston and force payment of $90,000 (the value of the destroyed cargo) Intolerable Acts

  3. Required that in all colonies paper goods like newspapers and legal documents be taxed Stamp Act

  4. An import tax on everyday items including tea, paper, glass, lead and paint to raise money for governor salaries. Townshend Act

  5. Law which gave the British East India Company a monopoly in the colonies and resulted in a protest in Boston Tea Act

  6. Refusal to purchase certain items, this method was used by the colonist to pressure the British Parliament to getting rid of taxes boycott

  7. Many colonists felt the British Parliament did not have the right to tax the colonists because… They did not electmembers of Parliament so Parliament didn’t have the right to tax them

  8. South Carolinian who was a founder of the CharlesTown Sons of Liberty and was a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress Christopher Gadsden

  9. Body appointed to oversee the state (since the legislature was not allowed to meet following the Intolerable Acts) Committee of 99

  10. When British tea arrived in Charles Town, what happened to it? The governor stored it and the colony later sold it to finance the war effort

  11. How did SC help Boston? sent rice and money

  12. What was the non-importation/non exportation agreement? • A Continental Association agreement that stated no trade with Britain and the colonies would trade with each other.

  13. Why did the Sons of Liberty dump the chests of tea into the Boston harbor? If colonists bought tea, boycott would be broken

  14. What did the four SC delegates to the 2nd Continental Congress have in common? They were all from the lowcountry

  15. Only exception to the non-importation/non-exportation agreement created at the First Continental Congress Carolina Rice

  16. The British need for money was mainly a result of… French & Indian War debt

  17. If the Sons of Liberty allowed the boycott to be broken, how would it impact the colonies? It would show that the colonies agreed with Parliament’s right to tax the colonies.

  18. Name the FOUR SC signers of the Declaration of Independence John Rutledge, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Lynch, Henry Middleton

  19. What ideals does the Declaration of Independence include and what specific rights does it list? Equality, right to abolish or change government, natural rights to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

  20. What things did SC provincial Congress accomplish? Raised militia, issued currency, enforced boycott, oversaw new state constitution

  21. Describe the 2-house legislature in the new SC constitution written before the Declaration was signed. lower house elected by the people; upper house elected by the lower house

  22. What changes were made in SC’s second constitution written after the signing of the Declaration of Independence? • President now called Governor; Representation more equal between Low/Up Country people; Church of England was no longer the state supported church.

  23. The first act imposed by the British to raise money Sugar Act

  24. The group which supported the boycotts by finding alternative products Daughters of Liberty

  25. What did the Stamp Act Congress ask Parliament to do? Repeal Stamp Act

  26. What did the Treaty of Ninety Six do? Got the backcountry to agree to remain neutral in a fight with Great Britain

  27. Parliament repealed all the taxes under the Townshend Act except the one on… tea

  28. An agreement among colonists to trade only with each other Continental Association

  29. The SC delegate elected President of the First Continental Congress responsible for signing all documents written by the Congress to Great Britain Henry Middleton

  30. Why were the colonists so opposed to the Vice Admiralty Courts? Judges appointed by British made decisions without jury trial and took 5% of seized property of guilty parties

  31. What event began the fighting in the Revolutionary War? Lexington and Concord

  32. This act permanently stationed soldiers in the colonies Quartering Act

  33. What caused Parliament to repeal the Stamp Act? British merchants were losing money due to the colonial boycott of British goods

  34. The law passed by Parliament after the repeal of the Stamp Act to make sure the colonists understood the right of Parliament to tax them Declaratory Act

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