WorksheetsBritish Colonial Policy Review
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why did Britain pass taxes in the colonies?
They wanted to buy more gold
To pay French and Indian War debt
The King needed new clothes
To punish the colonists for disobeying laws
What did the Proclamation of 1763 outlaw?
moving east accross the Appalachian Mountains
smuggling
moving west accross the Appalachian Mountains
colonial governments
What was the Sugar Act?
tax on paper products like newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents
tax on lead, paper, paint, and glass
tax on tea and colonists forced to buy from Britain
tax on molasses and a crackdown on smuggling
If you were a colonist, why would you have been upset about the Quartering Act?
It would've forced you to pay taxes on tea, paper, and other British goods
It would've made all of your Colonial money worthless
It would've prevented you from being represented in Parliament
It might have forced you to let British soldiers live in your house
If you were boycotting British tea, what would you be doing?
Tarring and feathering British tea merchants
Dumping British tea into Boston Harbor
Refusing to buy British tea
Paying high prices for British tea
How did the British respond to the Boston Tea Party?
They pulled all British troops out of Massachusetts
They passed the Townshend Acts
They blockaded Boston Harbor
They invaded the United States
What did the Townshend Acts do?
taxed paper products like newspapers, playing cards, and legal documents
taxed sugar and molasses
taxed lead, paper, paint, and tea
forced Americans to let British troops stay in their homes
Which law taxed goods like legal documents, wills, newspapers, playing cards, etc.?
Navigation Acts
Pamphlet Act
Stamp Act
War Debt Act
Which act was the considered the WORST EVER, closed the port of Boston, and limited town meetings?
Intolerable Acts
Perfectly Tolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Proclamation of 1763
This act allowed England to make all decisions for the colonists and tax anything they wanted.
The Declaratory Act
The Townshend Acts
The Sugar Act
The Stamp Act
