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
Charles Townshend
what did the colonists have to pay for because of the quartering act
they had to pay for solider barracks and housing
what did the British aim for when they passed the sugar act
they were trying to stop colonists from smuggling sugar and molasses
what did the currency act affect
the money that colonists used
why did the colonists not want to pay the taxes
What is when they arrived in america they had to build there colonies
what was the money from the Townshend acts put towards
The pay for British governors of the colonies
why was the quartering act passed
because the British needed to have good housing for their soldiers
(True of False) was the sugar act the first tax passed on the colonists
True
the British merchants got confused with the bill and soon parliament stepped in and banned them
what year was the stamp act passed
1765
the British posted Customs Commissioners in the colonies for what reason
to make sure that the colonists were following the tax laws
why was the quartering act repealed
because the cost was outweighing the benefits
who did the sugar act affect when they passed it
it mainly affected merchants because they could not trade for sugar anymore
what is the currency act
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
because for every person they caught they would get a pay bonus
what was the quartering act
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
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
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 Coercive Intolerable Acts
what important things were put on the stamped paper (any thing on stamped paper had a tax
what is the ownership to land, newspapers and playing cards also needed to be on the tax paper
what was the colonists response to the townshend acts