ACTS

Question 1

Sugar Act

Answer 1

-Taxed colonists on goods using SUGAR and MOLASSES
-Officers would seize goods without going to court… UHMMM

Question 2

Stamp Act

Answer 2

-Taxed colonists on all PAPER goods (newspapers, wills, etc)
-Needed a STAMP to show tax had been paid
-Affected colonists DIRECTLY
-Parliament repealed it

Question 3

Townshend Acts

Answer 3

-Taxed colonists on all IMPORTED GOODS
-GLASS, LEAD, PAINTS, PAPER, TEA!

Question 4

Tea Act

Answer 4

-Allowed British East India Tea CO to sell tea DIRECTLY to colonists
-Colonial merchants lost $$$

Question 5

Coercive Acts

Answer 5

-Colonists called them INTOLERABLE ACTS
-Passed to PUNISH colonists->
-Boston Harbor closed, charter revoked, more British soldiers:(

Question 6

Quebec Act

Answer 6

-Created a GOVERNMENT for CANADA (all the way south to OHIOO River)
-This IGNORED colonists claims to that region

Question 7

Boston Tea Party

Answer 7

-Colonists snuck onto British ships and DUMPED 342 CHESTS OF TEA OMG! Into the BOSTON HARBOR in protest

Question 8

Boston Massacre

Answer 8

-Colonists and British soldiers fight in Boston
-5 COLONISTS were KILLED:0
-Most taxes repelled EXCEPT tax on TEA! BRU

Question 9

Declatory Act

Answer 9

-Parliament issued it
-“Britain has right to tax & make decisions for colonies IN ALL CASES.”

Question 10

Writs of Assistance

Answer 10

-Custom officers used it
- It allowed shops, warehouses, and private homes to be searched

Question 11

To avoid paying taxes, colonists began ________ goods.

Answer 11

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