1.3 British Acts

Front

This act allowed King George to make all decisions for the colonists and create any taxes that he wanted.

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The Declaratory Act

Front

This act allowed British soldiers to live in colonial homes.

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The Quartering Act

Front

This law placed a tax on all printed material in the colonies including wills, contracts, newspapers, and playing cards.

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The Stamp Act

Front

This act gave an unfair advantage to the British East India Company by allowing the British company to not pay tax on tea.

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The Tea Act

Front

These acts placed a tax only on imported goods like paper, glass, tea, and lead.

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The Townshend Acts

Front

What were the very harsh acts designed after the Boston Tea Party that included closing Boston Harbor until the colonists paid for the ruined tea?

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The Coercive Acts

Front

What was the COLONIAL name for the acts that closed Boston Harbor, banned town meetings, and other harsh penalties?

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The Intolerable Acts

Front

Which event completes the diagram? Options: Colonial agricultural trade increases, Colonial religious devotion increases, Colonial demand for political change increases, Colonial demand for military assistance increases

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Colonial demand for political change increases

Front

One purpose of the First Continental Congress was:

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to ask King George to respect the colonists’ rights as British citizens and establish peace.

Front

The Proclamation of 1763 angered many colonists because:

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did not allow settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains.