What acts and tax's impacted people during this time?
How would the Townshend Act affect Boston?
Prompted colonists to take action by boycotting British goods.
Why would the colonists have a problem with the Sugar Acts?
They are the only ones getting taxed paper which is a big trade for the colonists.
What secret organization was made to intimidate the stamp agents?
Sons of Liberty
How long did the stamp act last?
The stamp act lasted from March 22,1765 and ended March 18 1766.
How did the Stamp Act end?
Parliament voted to repeal the Stamp Act in March 1766.
How did the Intorableact affect the British?
More colonists turned against British rule
Why would the colonists have a problem with the Currency Acts?
It affected their money since there was a lot of money going around in the trades.
Why did the colonists make the Sons of Liberty group?
They made it to try to stop the taxes.
how long did the Sugar act last?
The sugar act started April 5 1764-and ended September 29 1764.
How did the Sugar Act end?
It was repealed in 1766 and replaced with the Revenue Act 1766
How did the Stamp act affect the lives of the colonists?
The Act resulted in violent protests in America and the colonists argued that there should be "No Taxation without Representation" and that it went against the British constitution to be forced to pay a tax to which they had not agreed through representation in Parliament.
Why would the colonists have a problem with the Quartering Acts?
It was a big impact for the colonists because it taxes liquor and lots of colonist drank liquor and it was a high ask for in trades.
What taxes did the stamp agents collect?
They collected Parliament’s taxes.
How long did the Townshend act last?
The Townshend act started June 15 1767 and ended July 2, 1767
How did the Townshend Act end?
Boston Massacre, the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Lord North, had asked Parliament to repeal the Townshend Acts
How did the Sugar act affect the colonists?
Making the post-war economic depression worse, especially for rum distillers in New England. Although the Sugar Act lowered the tax on molasses, it restricted the trade of molasses and forced merchants to buy more expensive molasses from plantations in the British West
If the Colonists had a problem with the Taxes and Acts why didn’t they vote to stop it.
They weren’t giving the right to vote.
Why did the colonists protest?
They protested because the taxes were starting to become too high.
How long did the intolerable act last?
The intolerable act started March 31, 1774 and ended June 2, 1774.
How did the Intolerable Act end?
It closed the port of Boston until the colonists paid for the destroyed tea and the king was satisfied that order had been restored.
How did these acts lead to the revolutionary war?
Parliament's intolerable policies sowed the seeds of American rebellion and led to the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War in April 1775.
How would the colonists solve their problem?
They would start to slowly fight back against the king to get their way against him.
Who started the protest?
Answer: The colonists.
How long did it take for the colonists to fight back?
it took over 7 years for the colonists to fight back.
How did the Quartering Act end.
Pennsylvania, refused to comply with the Quartering Act; this act expired on March 24, 1767.