TAX Acts TEST

Which act taxed molasses not produced in Britain?

• Sugar Act
• Townshend Acts
• Tea Act
• Stamp Act

The Stamp Act taxed _____________.

• tea
• newspapers
• sugar
• coffee

What is a refusal to buy goods called?

• congress
• repeal
• boycott
• bankrupt

What was the main reason for the Tea Act?

• To help the British East India company
• Allow people to have Tea
• To give the East India company a monopoly on selling british Tea

The purpose of the Quartering Act was to save money.

• True
• False

What did colonists call the Laws that were so harsh?

• Boston Tea Party
• The Stamp Act
• The Sugar Act
• The Intolerable Acts

What did the Stamp Act require of all the colonists?

• To save money
• To buy special tax stamps
• To vote on new laws
• To quarter, or house, soldiers

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

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