British Acts

  Which document addressed colonial concerns about English policies?

• Declaration of Independence
• Mayflower Compact
• Bill of Rights
• U.S. Constitution

Why did Parliament eventually repeal the Stamp Act?

• the colonists established a blockade 
• The colonists started buying British goods.
• The colonists were able to produce their own goods
• The colonists began boycotting (refusing to buy) British goods

1770 Boston event that resulted in the deaths of 5 colonists?

• Boston Tea Party
• Battle of Lexington and Concord
• Boston Massacre
• First Continental Congress

 What was the motivation behind the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonial opposition to the Townshend Act
• Colonial support of the Stamp Act
• Colonial opposition to the Tea Act
• Colonial support of the Coercive Acts

What laws were passed after the Boston Tea Party that were very harsh on the colonies?

• Townshend Act
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act
• Coercive/Intolerable Acts

What does “taxation without representation” mean?

• taxing someone without giving them a voice in government
• not taxing a certain group of people
• taxing someone who does not live in the country
• taxing everyone the same amount
  

  Why did the British government pass the Stamp Act on the colonies?

• To pay for British tea
• To pay for British roads
• To pay for British  for the war
• To pay for French debts

 What was the Stamp Act?

• tax on goods imported into the colonies
• tax on sugar
• tax on all paper products
• law that forced colonists to quarter troops in their homes

Which act of Parliament was a tax on all the goods colonist could not make for themselves like paper, lead tea and paint? 

• The Sugar Act
• The Declaratory Act
• The Townshend Act
• The Tea Act

What was the quartering act?

• colonist were forced to house British soldiers in their homes
• Colonist were forced to pay for the tea they destroyed
• Colonist were forced to have meeting with the British
• Colonist were forced to pay taxes on legal documents.