British Taxation

The Proclamation of 1763 did what?

• Kept peace with the Native Americans for a while.
• Declared War on the Native Americans
• Issued a trade agreement with France
• Set the fishing boundaries between Canada and America

This act taxed all paper goods such as newspaper, playing cards.

• Sugar Act
• Stamp Act
• Declaratory Act
• Intolerable Acts

Documents that allowed soldiers to enter a place to look for smuggled goods?

• Search Warrant
• Habeas Corpus
• Municipal Bond
• Writs of Assistance

Which act said that only Parliament could tax the colonists?

• The Declaratory Act
• The Stamp Act
• The Sugar Act
• The Townshend Acts

The Townshend Acts taxed these items?

• Wheels, Windows and Wagons
• Paper, glass and tea
• Stamps, Mugs and pencils
• Sportswear and gym machinery

What act taxed the tea that was brought into the colonies?

• The Quartering Act
• The Tea Act
• The Sugar Act
• The Stamp Act

The French and Indian War happened AFTER the Stamp Act.

• True
• False

Great Britain was responsible for making the laws for the colonists, similar to our Congress. What was this group called? 

• Senate
• House of Representatives
• Congress
• Parliament

In 1765, the Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act. The purpose of this act was to 

• get rid of colonists who were willing to support the king
• raise money by putting a tax on tea, sugar, and molasses
• get rid of French colonists in the Northern colonies
• raising money by passing a tax on newspapers and other paper products

Why were the colonists angry about "taxation without representation?"

• The colonists wanted to pay taxes on stamps and tea
• The colonists had no representation in Parliament
• The colonists fought to write the Declaration of Independence
• The colonists were loyal to the British and wanted to keep them happy