Taxes US History

The Sugar Act actually lowered taxes on sugar, but gave the British this, which allowed them to search and seize any colonial property at any time?

• Habeus Corpus

• Writs of Assistance

• Stare Decisis

• Quid Pro Quo

What phrase exemplifies the American colonist attitude about the taxes being levied on them by the English parliament?

• "Give me Liberty or Give me Death"

• "No Taxation without Representation"

• "Be Excellent to Each Other"

• "I came, I saw, I conquered"

The French and Indian War was fought over control of what area?

• Missouri River Valley

• Mississippi River Valley

• Hudson River Valley

• Ohio River Valley

The proclamation of 1763 forbade?

• Colonists expanding north into Canada

• Colonists expanding south into Florida

• Colonists expanding west over the Appalachian Mountains

• Colonists expanding southeast into Louisiana

How strictly were English laws enforced in the Colonies before the French & Indian War?

• Very strictly - military rule

• Not strictly enforced - a great deal of leniency

• No laws were ever enforced in the colonies.

• Rigid enforcement leading to mass revolts?

Outcome of the French & Indian War?

• British Victory, France leaves, Big tax increase on colonies

• French Victory, Britain leaves, Big tax cut on colonies

• British Victory, Britain leaves, Colonist leave

• Indian Victory, France leaves, Colonist convert to being natives

The Proclamation Line of 1763 led to disagreement between the colonists and the British government because it —

• prohibited the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• offered all lands west of the Appalachian Mountains to British nobles

• banned colonial trading with the American Indians

• surrendered control of the Great Lakes region to Canada

What event put Britain in debt, so they decided to tax the colonies to pay off this debt?

• French & Indian War
• American Revolution
• War of 1812
• French Revolution 

In the decade following the French and Indian War, many American colonists believed that new British taxes were unfair because —

• tax rates were higher in some colonies than in others

• colonists were asked to pay higher taxes than those paid by people in England

• American colonists lacked representation in Parliament

• landowners paid higher taxes than merchants active in trade

From 1763 to 1774, Britain passed several laws that affected the American colonies. What were they called?

• taxes
• acts
• debts
• articles