How did the Currency Act of 1764 directly affect Benjamin Franklin?
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How did the Currency Act contribute to colonial anger over the Stamp Tax?
The Currency Act made it illegal to use anything but British coins. The Stamp Act said that taxes be paid in those rare coinsโand threatened seizure of goods.
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What was the British law requiring colonists to purchase a stamp for official documents and published papers called?
The Stamp Act
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What was Prime Minister George Grenville's policy toward the colonies?
Britain should tax colonies directly to raise money to pay for the war debt
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What is a grievance?
an objection or reason to complain
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What do you call a a form of protest that involves refusing to purchase goods or services?
boycott
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What methods did some merchants in the English colonies probably use to get around the Sugar Act, the Currency Act, and the Stamp Act?
Merchants in the colonies may have smuggled or hidden their goods, falsified their tax documents, bartered for goods, or tried to use illegal colonial money.
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What was the Quartering Act?
one of several British laws that required American colonists to provide housing and food for British soldiers stationed in North America
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Who were the Sons of Liberty?
the groups of merchants, shopkeepers, and craftsmen who successfully opposed the Stamp Act by establishing networks to boycott British goods
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Why did the British government need extra revenue in 1763
Britain had to recoup the costs of its victory in the French and Indian War
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What was the Proclamation of 1763?
a law requiring colonists to stay east of a line drawn on a map along the crest of the Appalachian Mountains
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What is a duty?
a tax on imports
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What was the British law that regulated paper money in the American colonies called?