Acts Leading to the Revolutionary War

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• Prohibited colonists from living west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• It allowed Native Americans to retake lands the British Colonists had taken from them.

• It allowed colonists to take any land they wanted.

• King George would allow red coats to have any land they wanted in the colonies.

What did the Sugar Act do?

• Lowered the tax on imported molasses. Allowed officers to seize goods from accused smugglers without going to court.

• It made colonists pay taxes on candy.

• Colonists were paid taxes on items containing sugar.

• Put a tax only on sugar.

What did the Stamp Act do?

• Taxed all printed materials including newspapers, wills and playing cards.

• Made colonists pay a tax on postage stamps.

• Made colonists stamp items they sold with a rubber stamp.

• Only allowed Britain to mail items.

What were colonists reactions to the Sugar Act?

• They were angry because they felt they had a right to trial by jury.

• They didn't care because sugar rots your teeth anyway.

• Colonists were happy because they used sugar so much they didn't mind paying more for it.

• Colonists were angry because they could only smuggle sugar instead of buying it.

How did colonists react to the Stamp Act?

• They were angered, and passed a resolution that only the colonies could pass taxes on the colonists.

• They were happy because they all got free stamps.

• They were happy because they got to stamp things.

• They were mad because only Parliament could stamp items.

What were the Townshend Acts?

• A tax on goods that people buy and sell, that had to be paid before the goods were brought into the colonies.

• A tax on a city named Townshend.

• A tax on people named Townshend.

• A tax on sheds that were built in towns.

What was the Quartering Act?

• It required colonists to house British soldiers.

• It was when redcoats would corner colonists.

• Colonists had to pay a quarter to the British for houses.

• Colonists were paid a quarter for letting the British live in their homes.

What happened at the Boston Tea Party?

• Sons of Liberty dressed up like Native Americans and boarded a British ship, throwing the tea on board over into Boston Harbor.

• The colonists all celebrated the end of the Tea Act.

• The people of Boston all had a tea party that day.

• Only the women participated in the Boston Tea Party.

What were the Intolerable Acts?

• The laws were meant to punish the colonists for resisting British authority.

• Laws so bad that no one would tolerate them.

• When people would act so terrible that the law wouldn't tolerate them.

• When Native Americans attacked the colonists.

What were two common ways colonists rejected British taxes?

• Protest

• Boycott

• Dance around in the streets

• Leave the area and move into Native American land.