British policies and Colonists responses 1760/70

The Sugar Act of 1764 was a law passing a tax on molasses and sugar that the colonists had to pay when bringing them back to the colonies from Britain.

• True

• False

How did the outcome of the French and Indian War (1754 - 1763) affect American colonists

• Colonial trade regulations were reduced

• New taxes were imposed by Britain to pay its debts.

• Settlements were allowed west of the Appalachian

• British troops were removed from the colonies

-Colonists protest the Stamp Act.

-Sons of Liberty groups are formed.

-Crates of tea are thrown into Boston Harbor.

-Parliament passes Coercive Acts

These events helped lead to the....

• War of 1812

• French and Indian War

• French and Indian War

• Revolutionary War

What is one way that the King tries to get back money from the French and Indian War? 

• Enforce the navigation acts 
• Taxes, Taxes, Taxes
• Sell the colonies to France
• Get a job

Colonists are not just angry about the taxes, the are angry they don't have a say in the passage of the taxes. What becomes their rallying cry? 

• "Read my lips, No new taxes"
• "No taxation without Representation" 
• "Taxes, we won't pay your stupid taxes" 
• "Tax only the rich" 

What were three things the colonists had to put British stamps on according to the Stamp Act?

• Buildings, cattle, & their skin
• Paper, playing cards, & dice
• Food, water, & air
• Clothing, metal, & furniture

What was the overall trend of British colonial policies?

• Steady escalation of action and reaction between Britain and the colonies.
• Britain kept antagonizing the colonists.
• The colonists kept antagonizing the British.

What event caused Britain to start taxing the colonies?

• War of 1812
• French and Indian War
• Revolutionary War
• Vietnam

  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

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