Road to the Revolution

Question 1

Proclamation of 1763 (why it was passed and what it was)

Answer 1

Was passed to prevent more conflicts with the Native Americans, colonists were not allowed to settle West of the Appalachian mts, even though it was a part of the British colonies.

Question 2

How did the colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763?

Answer 2

They settled in the land anyway and ignored the law.

Question 3

Sugar Act 1764 (why it was passed and what it was)

Answer 3

To reduce smuggling and to raise money. Reduced the tax of molasses from 6 to 3 pence, but angered the colonists because it restricted where they could get molasses from.

Question 4

How did the colonists protest the Sugar Act of 1764?

Answer 4

Protested and continued smuggling.

Question 5

Quartering Act 1765 (why it was passed and what it was)

Answer 5

Passed to lower the cost of British troops in the colonies, innkeepers needed to house and feed British soldiers stationed in the colonies.

Question 6

How did the colonists protest the Quartering Act?

Answer 6

Voted against it, tried to defund it

Question 7

Stamp Act 1765 (why it was passed and what it was)

Answer 7

Paper goods were taxed and required a stamp to be put on the item to show it was paid.

Question 8

How did the colonists protest the Stamp Act?

Answer 8

Boycotts, formed the stamp act congress, petitioned the government

Question 9

Townshend Acts 1767 (why it was passed and what it was)

Answer 9

To raise money to pay back debt, many goods like tea, glass and lead paint were indirectly taxed at seaports.

Question 10

How did the colonists protest the Townshend Acts?

Answer 10

Boycotts, making their own products

Question 11

Tea Act 1773 (why it was passed and what it was)

Answer 11

To keep the East India Tea company from going bankrupt, lowered the price of tea, but required that the colonists only import tea from one company.

Question 12

How did the colonists protest the Tea Act?

Answer 12

Boston Tea Party

Question 13

Intolerable Acts 1774 (why it was passed and what it was)

Answer 13

To punish the people of Boston for the Tea Party, closed the port of Boston, stopped MA legislators from meeting and imposed martial law in MA

Question 14

How did the colonists protest the Intolerable Acts?

Answer 14

Met at the 1st continental congress, and agreed to stop importing British goods (an embargo)