Leading to the Revolutionary War

Money a government charges in exchange for services is what?

• tax

• convention

• dictator

• rights

What is another word for freedoms?

• tax

• convention

• dictator

• rights

The Proclamation Act of 1763...

• Imaginary line drawn through the Appalachian Mountains to keep colonists East of the Appalachians and stop Native American uprising.
• Long lists of things that the colonists were angry about 
• Dividing money earned from the sale of cash crops.
• New laws that were made only for the colonies by colonists who lived in the given colony.

What was the Sugar Act?

• Tax on imported molasses, sugar, and other goods. Tried to stop colonial smuggling.
• Tax on baked goods from other countries.
• Tax on vanilla, cocoa, toffee, walnuts, and other products from Britain.
• Required the colonists to purchase sugar and molasses in large bags from only the Western Sugar Trade Expedition.

Law  that forced Colonists to house British soldiers and pay for some of the supplies for the soldier.

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Enumerated Goods

A tax placed on all legal and commercial papers.

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act 
• Townshend Acts
• Navigation Acts

To refuse to buy goods from a certain source or an organized refusal by many people.

• ban
• delay
• boycott
• disclaimer

A tax placed on imported glass, paint, paper, lead, & tea.  

• Townshend Acts
• Tea Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Navigation Acts

Why did the British impose the Stamp tax and other taxes on the colonists?

• To raise money to pay war debts
• To raise profits off of the Native Americans
• To lower the cost of living for the colonists
• To give the money to British citizens in Great Britain

Why did the colonists dislike the Stamp Act?

• They did not want to quarter British soldiers.
• They did not want to petition the British parliament.
• They wanted Britain to pass the Declaratory Act.
• They did not think Britain should have the right to tax them without representation