British Colonial Policy Review

Why did Britain pass taxes in the colonies?

• They wanted to buy more gold

• To pay French and Indian War debt

• The King needed new clothes

• To punish the colonists for disobeying laws

What did the Proclamation of 1763 outlaw?

• moving east accross the Appalachian Mountains

• smuggling

• moving west accross the Appalachian Mountains

• colonial governments

What was the Sugar Act?

• tax on paper products like newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents

• tax on lead, paper, paint, and glass

• tax on tea and colonists forced to buy from Britain

• tax on molasses and a crackdown on smuggling

If you were a colonist, why would you have been upset about the Quartering Act?

• It would've forced you to pay taxes on tea, paper, and other British goods

• It would've made all of your Colonial money worthless

• It would've prevented you from being represented in Parliament

• It might have forced you to let British soldiers live in your house

If you were boycotting British tea, what would you be doing?

• Tarring and feathering British tea merchants

• Dumping British tea into Boston Harbor

• Refusing to buy British tea

• Paying high prices for British tea

How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?

• They pulled all British troops out of Massachusetts

• They passed the Townshend Acts

• They blockaded Boston Harbor

• They invaded the United States

What did the Townshend Acts do?

• taxed paper products like newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents

• taxed sugar and molasses

• taxed lead, paper, paint, and tea

• forced Americans to let British troops stay in their homes

Which law taxed goods like legal documents, wills, newspapers, playing cards, etc.?

• Navigation Acts

• Pamphlet Act

• Stamp Act

• War Debt Act

Which act was the considered the WORST EVER, closed the port of Boston, and limited town meetings?

• Intolerable Acts

• Perfectly Tolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

This act allowed England to make all decisions for the colonists and tax anything they wanted.

• The Declaratory Act

• The Townshend Acts

• The Sugar Act

• The Stamp Act