Colonial Taxation

What did the Sugar Act tax?

• Flour

• Sugar and molasses

• Baked goods

• Tea

The Stamp Act taxed all but what?

• Licenses

• Letters

• Playing cards

• Newspapers

Who was an important figure in the Sons of Liberty?

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Adams

• George Washington

• Samuel Adams

What did the Townshend Acts tax?

• Lead

• Paint

• Paper

• Glass

What were writs of assistance?

• Election protocol

• Written orders for British search and seizures of colonial homes

• An act helping colonists repay their debts to the crown

• Mandatory taxes

What did the Committees of Correspondence do?

• Spread news of British injustices across colonies

• Created colonial laws

• Connected the Middle Colonies

• Passed further taxes on the colonists

What act led to the Boston Tea Party?

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

What were the Coercive Acts known as in the colonies?

• Sinful Acts

• Intolerable Acts

• No taxation

• No representation

What Act made colonists believe their goals of living on the western frontier were limited?

• Montreal Act

• Canada Act

• Quebec Act

• Ohio Expansion Act

What Act closed the Port of Boston

• Intolerable Acts

• Quartering Act

• Boston Act

• Tea Act