Stamp Act
What caused the Stamp Act.
The Britsh Government's Depts.
What was the Sugar Act?
An act where merchants had been required to pay a tax of six pence per gallon on the importation of foreign molasses.
What passed the Quartering Act?
Parliament
How many chests of tea were dumped during the Boston Tea Party?
342
How many pounds of tea were dumped during the Boston Tea Party?
92,000 pounds/or 46 tons
What is the Stamp Act?
An Act where all British goods had been taxed.
What passed the Sugar Act?
Parliament on April 5, 1764.
Why did parliament make the quartering act?
The colonists disputed the legality of this Act because it seemed to violate the Bill of Rights of 1689.
How many people participated in dumping off all of the tea?
About 116 people
Did the British Government do the right thing?
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why were the colonists mad?
They had no say or you could say representation.
What was the sugar Acts real name?
The American Revenue Act of 1764.
When was the Quartering Act made?
March 24, 1765
December 16, 1773, at Boston harbor, in Boston Massachusetts.
When was Jhon Adams born?
No cheating
October 30, 1735
What did the colonists do about the Stamp Act?
Fought back.
What was the focus of the Sugar Act?
to discourage colonial merchants and manufacturers from smuggling non-British goods to avoid taxes imposed by Parliament.
How are the Stamp Act and the Quartering Act alike?
In both of them, you have to give food and housing.
Why did the Colonists start the Boston Tea Party?
As a protest against the Tea Act and its provisions for taxation of tea.
Who proposed the Sugar Act.
Prime Minister George Grenville.
Boston Masssacre
Who was the Sugar Act proposed by?
Prime Minister George Grenville.
Why was the Quartering Act unfair?
The colonists were being taxed to pay for provisions and barracks for the army – a standing army that they thought was unnecessary during peacetime and an army that they The colonists feared.
Why is the Boston Tea Party important?
The Boston Tea Party is important because of both the British and American responses to the actions that followed the tea party.
What was the focus of the Sugar Act?
To discourage colonial merchants and manufacturers from smuggling non-British goods to avoid taxes imposed by Parliament.