Chapter 5 Review

Which law restricted colonists from settling west of the Applachian Mountains?

• Stamp Act

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

After which war was the Proclamation of 1763 issued?

• Revolutionary War

• Civil War

• French and Indian War

• WWII

Why did England start taxing the colonists?

• To pay for the colonists' defense

• The king was bored.

• To make life difficult for the colonists

• To cause a revolution

A tax on molasses and sugar in the colonies to pay for colonial defense

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Navigation Acts

Famous protest phrase used by the colonists

• "No taxation without representation"

• "Too small"

• "More taxes"

• "Keep calm and carry on"

Law requiring colonists to house and feed British soldiers

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Quartering Act

• Sugar Act

A tax on paper products in the colonies

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

How did most colonists respond to the Stamp Act?

• All colonists paid the tax.

• They made strong protests in towns and newspapers.

• They dumped tea into the Boston Harbor.

• They felt more closer to their mother country of England.

Colonial group that organized protests against the high taxes

• Native Americans

• Sons of Liberty

• Redcoats

• King George III

Tax placed on certain British goods like glass, paint, paper and tea

• Townshend Acts

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

• Proclamation of 1763