The Acts

What did the Stamp Act place a tax on?

• Stamps required to send letters

• All printed materials

• Only newspapers that were printed for colonists

• Food stamps

Based on this conversation, who is Person A and what are they complaining about?

Person A: “I cannot believe this!”

Person B: “What? What is wrong?”

Person A: “These taxes are going to run my business into the ground. Don’t they know that I have to use hundreds of pieces of paper to run my business.”

Person B: “These taxes are hurting all businesses these days.”

Person A: “Well, I wish I could have a word with Parliament. I would let them know that I am not okay with being taxed without representation!”

• A lawyer; the Stamp Act

• A newspaper printer; the Declaratory Act

• A tax collector; the Stamp Act

• A British soldier; the Declaratory Act

Why did Parliament repeal the Stamp Act?

Which act stated that Great Britain had “full power to make laws...to bind the colonies and people of America...in all cases whatsoever”? What does that mean?

• The Quebec Act; it means that Parliament has the power to make laws to control the colonies in all situations

• The Quebec Act; it means that the colonists can govern themselves

• The Declaratory Act; it means that Parliament has the power to make laws to control the colonies in all situations

• The Declaratory Act; it means that the colonists can govern themselves

Which of the following did the Tea Act force the colonists to do

• Colonists had to import all tea from the East India Company.

• Colonists had to use British ships to bring tea into the colonies.

• Colonists had to pay taxes on all teacups and teapots.

• Colonists had to buy $6,000,000 of tea from Great Britain every year.

The Intolerable Acts were passed in