The Sugar Act
What year was the Sugar Act passed?
1764
What did colonists have to buy for newspapers, licenses, and playing cards?
A special stamp or seal
What year was the Quartering Act passed?
1765
What items did the Townshend Acts tax?
Glass, tea, paper, and lead
What year were the Intolerable Acts passed?
1774
What goods were taxed under the Sugar Act?
Sugar, molasses, and other imports
What was Britain taxing under the Stamp Act?
Printed materials such as newspapers, legal papers, and cards
What did the law require colonists to do?
House and feed British soldiers
How did the Daughters of Liberty protest the Townshend Acts?
They made their own clothes and goods
Why did Britain create the Intolerable Acts?
To punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party
Why did Britain create the Sugar Act?
To help pay off war debt from the French and Indian War
What phrase became popular as a protest against the Stamp Act?
“No taxation without representation!”
Why did colonists feel unsafe about the Quartering Act?
They believed soldiers were there to control them, not protect them
What did the Tea Act give the East India Company control over?
All tea sales in the colonies
Name one punishment included in the Intolerable Acts.
Closing Boston Harbor or removing self-government
Why were colonists angry about the Sugar Act?
It raised prices and they had no voice or representation in Parliament
What did that phrase mean?
Colonists shouldn’t be taxed without having representatives in Parliament
Why did colonists think this Act was unfair?
They had to give up property without their consent
What famous protest followed the Tea Act?
The Boston Tea Party
How did these Acts affect colonial unity?
They angered colonies and encouraged them to unite against Britain