the Stamp act
Why did Britain begin taxing the Americans?
What is, to pay for the price of war.
Who got lawmakers to agree on a new set of taxes?
Who is, Charles Townshend.
What did the colonists have to pay for because of the quartering act?
What is, they had to pay for solider barracks and housing.
What did the British aim for when they passed the sugar act?
What is, they were trying to stop colonists from smuggling sugar and molasses.
What did the currency act affect?
What is, the money that colonists wanted to use.
Why did the colonists not want to pay the taxes?
What is, when the colonists arrived in America they had to build their colonies from scratch.
What was the money from the Townshend acts put towards?
What is to accumulate money for British governors of the colonies.
Why was the quartering act passed?
What is, the British needed to have good housing for their soldiers.
(True of False) Was the sugar act the first tax passed on the colonists?
What is, True
What caused the currency act to be passed?
What is, the British merchants got confused with the Americans bill and soon parliament stepped in and banned them.
What year was the stamp act passed?
What is, 1765
The British posted Customs Commissioners in the colonies for what reason?
What is, to make sure that the colonists were following the tax laws.
Why was the quartering act repealed?
What is, the cost was outweighing the benefits.
Who did the sugar act affect when they passed it?
What is, it mainly affected merchants because they could not trade for sugar anymore.
What is the currency act?
What is, it was a act that forced the colonists to use the British money instead of their own.
What did the stamp act say?
What is, anything important had to be written on stamped paper.
For what reason did the Customs Commissioners capture the Americans who were avoiding the taxes?
What is, for every person they caught they would get a pay bonus.
What was the quartering act?
What is, the quartering act was a law that you had to keep soldiers in your home if not keep pay for food and housing.
What was the sugar act?
What is, the sugar act was so colonists could not buy or smuggle sugar or molasses from foreign places.
What is the order of the taxes imposed on the colonists?
What is the laws and taxes imposed by the British on the Colonies were the Sugar and the Stamp Act, Navigation Acts, Wool Act, Hat Act, the Proclamation of 1763, the Quartering Act, Townshend Acts and the Intolerable Acts.
What important things were put on the stamped paper? (any thing on stamped paper had a tax)
What is, ownership to land, newspapers and playing cards needed to be on the stamped paper.
What was the colonists response to the townshend acts?
What is, they boycotted and didn't buy the taxed things.