APUSH Tax & Acts

Why did England begin the tax & acts?

• Debt from the French & Indian War & to reassert control over the colonies

• To make more money and spread their beliefs

• To keep France out of the Americas

• To prevent Native Americans from teaming up with the colonists

What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?

• Prevent British colonies from trading with other countries

• Ban the sale of sugar

• Increase the taxes on tea

• Disband colonial legislatures

Why did England create the Proclamation of 1763?

• They needed to increase tax revenue

• They wanted to prevent colonists from moving west

• It forced colonists to pay back the Boston Tea Party

• They wanted to protect Indian land rights

Why did the British pass the Sugar Act?

• Keep the colonists from having luxuries like sugar

• Force the use of tea and sugar together

• Prevent colonists from buying Dutch & French sugar

• Increase the taxes on sugar & molasses

Which of the following would be an example of the Stamp Act?

• The cost of letters between England and America being reduced by 10 cents

• A printing business adding an additional 25 cent cost for profit

• Letters requiring stamps for shipment

• A newspaper costing an additional 6 cents

Which picture best shows the Quartering Act?

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What did the Declaratory Act state?

• Colonists cannot buy supplies from other countries

• England can station soldiers in colonial houses

• England had the authority to tax the American colonies

• Colonists must obey British laws and pay back lost tea

Why did the British select common goods for the Townshend Acts?

• England was trying to maximize revenue

• They would be impossible to boycott

• England wanted to antagonize the colonies

• To punish the colonists for violating previous laws

Why was the Boston Massacre named the "Boston Massacre"?

• To attempt to stir up a revolution

• To show the violence of the British army

• To indicate the large death toll of the event

• To try to prevent further violence between the British and the colonists

What was the main British goal in the Tea Act?

• Prevent colonists from buying tea elsewhere

• Support the East India Company in selling tea

• Force the colonists to drink British tea

• Generate extra tax revenue from tea