Studies Weekly Week 13 The Acts of Parliament

What was the role of the British Parliament in the colonies?

• to enforce laws and arrest people

• to create laws and collect taxes

• to ship goods to the colonist

• They had no role in the colonies.

Why were the British soldiers, known as Regulars, assigned to be in the colonies?

Who voted in the elections to choose the members of Parliament?

• only those living in Great Britain

• only those living in the colonies

• only those with property

• only those who were wealthy

The Stamp Act was a tax on

• all paper products

• stamps

• letters to England

• newspapers

Who is considered the first casualty in the war for independence?

• John Adams

• John Hancock

• Thomas Hutchinson

• Crispus Attucks

Most of the Acts of Parliament toward the colonies involved

• quartering troops

• taxes

• tea

• paper

What was the effect of the Quartering Act?

• It allowed for the printing of money in the colonies.

• It prevented settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• It forced colonist to provide food and housing for British soldiers.

• It divided the colonies into four districts.

What was the economic action the colonist took to impact British goods?

• They passed a tariff.

• They destroyed goods.

• They organized a boycott.

• They refused to pay the British Regulars.

Why did Parliament decide to raise taxes in the American colonies?