The Acts of Parliament

What was the effect of the Quartering Act?

• It allowed the colonies to print money.

• It divided the colonies into four districts.

• Colonists had to feed and house British soldiers.

• Colonists could not settle west of the Appalachians.

Most of the Acts of Parliament toward the colonies involved ______.

• distractors

• paper

• tea

• taxes

Who is considered the first casualty in the war for independence?

• John Adams

• John Hancock

• Crispus Attucks

• Thomas Hutchinson

What did the Stamp Act tax?

• stamps

• newspapers

• paper products

• letters to England

What was a requirement to elect members of Parliament?

• be a male colonist

• live in Great Britain

• serve in the military

• have royal relatives

What was one role of the British Parliament in the colonies?

• to ship goods

• to collect taxes

• to enforce laws

• to protect colonists

“No taxation without ________!”

• respresentation

• explanation

• regulation

• negotiation

Why were British soldiers assigned to the colonies?

• to build houses

• to regulate taxes

• to explore new lands

• to inform governments

What economic action did colonists take to impact British goods?

• passed high tariffs

• hired British soldiers

• traded with France

• organized boycotts

Parliament raised taxes only in the American colonies because they did not have enough money to pay for the French and Indian War. They felt that the colonists benefited from the war so should pay the costs.

• True

• False