Taxes&Acts.Review.

Multiple Choice

What does the image suggest about the relationship between the government and taxes?

• The government takes all the money

• The government helps citizens financially

• The government collects taxes from citizens

• The government does not collect taxes

Multiple Choice

Why do governments impose taxes?

• To limit the income of the people.

• To provide public goods and services

• To keep the country out of debt

• To keep track of citizens salaries

Multiple Select

Who primarily uses our tax money? (hint: choose 2 correct answers)

• Your employer

• The state government

• The Federal government

• Local Businesses

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a Tax and an Act?

• A Tax is a law, while an Act is a payment.

• A Tax is a payment to the government, while an Act is a law passed by Parliament.

• A Tax is optional, while an Act is mandatory.

• A Tax is for individuals, while an Act is for businesses.

Categorize

Options (2)

"No Taxation without Representation!"

Boycott British goods

Organize these options related to the Stamp Act into the right categories

Colonists' Response

Colonists' Chant

Multiple Choice

What did the Colonists do after the Stamp Act?

• Boycott British goods

• Made their own goods

• Decided they didn't need goods

• Stopped paying all of their taxes

Multiple Choice

What was the act that imposed a tax on foreign molasses and sugar, which was bothersome to colonists?

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

• Molasses Act

• Stamp Act

Multiple Choice

What act allowed the East India Company to sell tea directly to America without paying British import tax?

• Financial Act

• British Act

• Import Act

• Tea Act

Multiple Choice

This act gave Parliament the right to rule & tax the colonists. It was intended to warn colonists against protests of any acts that Parliament had passed:

• Parliament Act

• Rule & Tax Act

• Declaratory Act

• Protest Act

Multiple Choice

What was the agreement by colonists not to import items that were taxable called?

• Colonists Agreement

• Taxable Agreement

• Protest Agreement

• Non-importation Agreement

Multiple Choice

Which of the following means "Refusing to buy something"

• Boycott
• Civil disobedience
• Independence
• Imperialism

Multiple Choice

What was the primary purpose of the Nonimportation Agreements during the American Revolution?

• To encourage the use of British goods among the colonists

• To protest British taxation by boycotting British goods

• To establish a new currency system within the colonies

• To promote the importation of goods from France

Multiple Choice

Which act put import taxes on paint, glass, lead, paper, and tea going to America?

• Townshend Act

• Import Taxes Act

• Writs Act

• Stamp Act

Multiple Choice

What act required colonists to pay for housing and feeding British soldiers who were in their area?

• House & Feed Act

• Soldier Act

• Quartering Act

• In-house Act

Multiple Choice

What was the act that forced people to pay tax on certain items that were stamped to show tax had been paid?

• Pay Tax Act

• Stamp Act

• Document Act

• Paper Act

Poll

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