Proclamation Line of 1763
Sugar Act etc.
Stamp Act
Declaratory Act & Townshend Act
Quartering Act & Miscellaneous
100
Where did the Proclamation Line make it illegal for colonists to settle?
West of the Appalachian Mountains
100
Why did the Sugar Act lower taxes on sugar/molasses?
To put smugglers out of business
100
What did the Stamp Act Tax?
Printed paper goods.
100
The Declaratory Act said that Britain could...
Tax Colonists anyway they wanted.
100
How many troops did Britain send to the Colonies with the Quartering Act in response to help with rebellion from the Townshend Act?
4,000
200
Why did colonists feel they should be able to settle beyond the Proclamation Line?
They had fought for the land in the French & Indian War
200
Vice Admiralty Courts changed trials of smugglers from a jury of their peers to a trial by?
A British Officer
200
Why did colonists find the Stamp Act particularly offensive?
It was the first direct tax on colonists on products that almost all people used.
200
The Townshend Act placed taxes on...
Some imported goods
200
The Quarter Act stated that colonists were responsible for doing what for British soldiers?
Housing them
300
What did Britain do to enforce the Proclamation Line?
Send 10,000 troops to guard the line
300
This law allowed British Officers to search anyone or their property at any time without a warrant or probable cause.
Writs of Assistance
300
What were the 2 major forms of rebellion/resistance against the Stamp Act?
Boycott & Terrorizing Tax Collectors
300
John Dickinson, who wrote propaganda letters against the Townshend Acts in Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania, was actually a ___________.
Lawyer
300
Does this image represent a loyalist or patriot view?
Patriot
400
What did colonists equate with land?
Opportunity
400
How was the Sugar Act supposed to put smugglers out of business?
By undercutting them or selling sugar for less.
400
How did Britain respond to rebellion to the Stamp Act?
Repealed it. (And created the Declaratory Act and Townshend Act)
400
Britain was hoping that colonists wouldn't react as harshly to the Townshend Act as the Stamp Act because it was not a ________ ____.
Direct Tax
400
Does this represent a loyalist or patriot view?
Patriot
500
According to Phillip Deloria, Historian from The American Revolution documentary, what was the Revolution all about?
Land
500
What did British Officers often receive for convicting a smuggler?
Reward (goods or money)
500
What is an effigy?
A doll, dummy, sculpture, etc. that is meant to resemble a certain person.
500
Charles Townshend, the creator of the Townshend Act, was a financial wizard, but not a great judge of...
People and/or their reactions
500
Does this represent a loyalist or patriot view?
Loyalist