British Laws & BM TC

Quartering Act

• 25 cent tax on all paper and printed goods

• Law created to give more power to Great Britain and watch over the Americans colonists

• Required all American colonists to buy tea from only Great Britain

• Laws meant to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party

Tea Act

• Allowed Americans to make and sell their own tea

• One of the "Intolerable Acts", meant to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party

• Raised the price on tea; Americans could only buy from Britain

• Created a tax on tea imported from France and other European Countries

Stamp Act

• Any printed or paper item with a stamp on it required Colonists to pay an extra tax

• Required Colonists to pay an extra tax on mailing items

• A law created to punish the Colonists for various protests

• Any food/beverage item with a stamp on it required Colonists to pay an extra tax

The Boston Massacre started mainly as a protest over the...

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering Act

• Stamp Act

How did the American Colonists react to the Tea Act?

• Protesting by throwing snowballs at British soldiers

• Protesting by throwing hundreds of crates of British tea in to Boston Harbor

• Buying cheaper tea from France

• Protesting by making propaganda posters telling people not to boycott tea

What was the name of the protest over the Tea Act?

• British Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

Which of the following was not something that made the American Colonists upset with the British?

• British taking Americans hostage

• Limiting colonists freedoms - Proclamation of 1763

• Quartering Act

• Boston Massacre

Why did Great Britain begin to place taxes such as the Stamp Act and Sugar Act on the Colonies?

• To punish the colonies for protesting British Laws

• To pay for more protection for the Colonies

• To repay war debts from the American Revolution

• To repay war debts from the French & Indian War