Townshend and Quartering Act

Open Ended

1. What is the biggest complaint the colonists have about the taxes?

2. 2. What has been the best way for colonists to protest?

​writs of assistance: court orders that allow officials to make searches without saying what they are searching for.

Multiple Choice

Which act taxed things like tea, glass, lead, china, and paint?

• Townshend Acts

• Sugar Act

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

Multiple Choice

What does quartering mean?

• division of money

• boycotting currency

• housing

• paying taxes

Multiple Choice

What are writs of assistance?

• a magical spell cast on the colonists

• search warrant that spells out what they are looking for

• a writing that asks for help

• court orders that allow officials to make searches without saying what they are searching for.

Multiple Choice

Under the Quartering Act, colonists were required to --

• provide housing for British soldiers.

• get change from only British banks.

• cut everything into fours.

• provide a tax to Britain for the house

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the group who protested against the British?

• Sons of Liberty

• Committees of Correspondence

• Mothers Against British Goods

Multiple Choice

Who did the Sons of Liberty target?

• British tax collectors

• Colonists not paying taxes

• colonists crossing the Appalachian Mountains.

Poll

Do you think that Great Britain taxing the Colonies without any respresentation enough to start a revolution?

• Yes! Revolution!!!

• Definitely not

• Close but not quite