TCI Unit 2

After 1763, why did Parliament begin taxing the colonies?

• To pay off debt from the French & Indian War

• To punish smuggling

• 1. To build a new navy
     
     

• To expand trade with Spain

What did the Proclamation of 1763 forbid colonists to do?

• Trade with France

• Settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

• Join colonial militias

• Import tea from other countries

The Stamp Act taxed which of the following?

• Tea and sugar

• Imported weapons

• paper products like legal documents and newspapers

• Livestock and grain

Colonists protested the Stamp Act by....

• Paying extra taxes

• Asking France for help

• Moving west to avoid taxes

• Boycotting British goods and forming the Sons of Liberty

The Townshend Acts placed taxes on…

• Land and houses

• Imported goods such as glass, paint, paper, and tea

• Crops grown in the colonies

• local elections

The Boston Massacre resulted in…

• The death of five colonists and growing anti-British sentiment

• The start of the Revolutionary War

• A British victory over the colonists

• New taxes on rum

What was the purpose of the Committees of Correspondence?

• To spy on Britain

• To share information and coordinate colonial actions

• To raise money for the king

• To write the Declaration of Independence

The Boston Tea Party was a protest against…

• The Quartering Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Tea Act and British monopoly on tea

• The Townshend Acts

The Intolerable Acts punished Massachusetts by…

• Expelling British troops

• Allowing colonists to elect their own governors

• Giving colonists representation in Parliament

• Closing Boston Harbor and limiting self-government

What was the main goal of the First Continental Congress?

• Declare war

• Seek a peaceful solution and support Massachusetts

• Write a new constitution

• Form a new nation immediately