The Acts Review

What was the main purpose(idea) of the Stamp Act of 1765?

• To regulate trade between the colonies and Britain

• To raise revenue(money) from the American colonies by requiring a stamp on all newspapers and legal documents

• To provide housing for British soldiers in the colonies

• To prohibit the colonies from printing their own money

Which act required American colonists to provide housing and supplies for British troops stationed in the colonies?

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Sugar Act of 1764

• Quartering Act of 1765

• Currency Act of 1764

Explain how the Proclamation of 1763 affected colonial expansion.

• It encouraged settlers to move westward beyond the Appalachian Mountains.

• It restricted colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains to prevent conflicts with Native Americans.

• It allowed colonists to settle freely in the Ohio Valley.

• It had no impact on colonial expansion.

What was the primary goal of the Sugar Act of 1764?

• To ban the importation of sugar into the colonies

• To reduce the tax on sugar and molasses imported into the colonies

• To raise revenue (money) by taxing sugar and molasses imported into the colonies

• To encourage the production of sugar within the colonies

What was the reaction of the American colonists to the Quartering Act of 1765?

• They supported it as a necessary measure for defense.

• They opposed it, viewing it as an infringement(violation) on their rights.

• They were indifferent to the act.

• They celebrated it as a sign of British generosity.

Identify the act that aimed to control the colonial economy by regulating(controlling) the issuance(making) of paper money.

• Stamp Act of 1765

• Quartering Act of 1765

• Currency Act of 1764

• Proclamation of 1763

The revenue from the Townshend Acts would go to pay the salaries of ________________________ that the colonists were already providing housing and supplies for.

• GOVERNORS AND JUDGES

• STAMP COMMISSIONERS

The Townshend Acts only taxed tea

• True

• False

What famous phrase became a cry of the colonists

• "Free the People!"

• "We the people!"

• "Ain't nobody got time for that!"

• "No taxation without representation!"

Why were the colonists so angry about the taxes

• They could not afford to pay taxes

• They gave enough money to the king already

• They had no representation in parliament

• They were not angry!