Proclamation and Acts

What did the Stamp Act Tax

• Tea and Sugar

• molasses

• it didn't tax anything

• paper, legal documents, playing cards

Why did the british government decide to tax colonies?

• to pay for the French and Indian War

• To pay for a new palace for king George

• To pay for a war against Spain

• to pay for improvements in the city of london

• to pay for new ships being built for the Royal Navy

Why did King George want to tax the colonists?

• to pay for repairing British forts in America

• to pay for his new palace

• to punish them for losing the French and Indian War

• to pay his debts for the French and Indian War

Why were the colonists upset about the Stamp Act?

• They had no representation in the government of England.

• They didn't want to pay taxes.

• They hated the Stamp agents.

• They thought the French should help pay the war debt.

Which of these Taxes/Acts put a tax on sugar and molasses?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Intolerable Acts

Which of these taxes/acts banned colonist migration beyond the Appalachian Mountains?

• Navigation Act

• Proclamation Act

• Sugar Act

• Intolerable Acts

Which of these taxes/acts put a tax on Stamps, legal documents, and many other paper products?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

Why were the colonists angry?

• They had to pay taxes without having representation in the British government.

• They wanted more taxes

• They wanted to go back to Great Britain

Money people and businesses pay to the government

• tax

• boycott

• contributions

• colony

What is a boycott?

• an enemy

• a tax King George created

• protest in which all the people only bought British products

• protest in which people refused to buy British products