Steps Toward Independence

Question 1

Sugar Act of 1764

Answer 1

The British needed money from the colonies to pay for war, so they taxed them heavily on sugar and other dry goods. This stopped trade in New England.

Question 2

Stamp Act of 1765

Answer 2

First tax directly placed on American Colonists. This act required that all paper and pamphlets had to have british seal on them, paid for by taxes.

Question 3

Declaratory Act of 1766

Answer 3

A law created saying that British had taxing authority over the american colonists.

Question 4

The Boston Massacre of 1770

Answer 4

Street fights due to the townshend act that resulted in the death of 5 colonists.

Question 5

Tea Act of 1773

Answer 5

Colonists were taxed on tea and East India tea company was gaining money making local tea sellers lose money.

Question 6

The Boston Tea Party of 1773

Answer 6

Colonists disguised themselves as Indians and dumped 500,000 pounds of tea into the ocean.

Question 7

Intolerable Acts of 1774

Answer 7

Britain punished colonists for their tea party by closing the harbor until colonists paid for the lost tea.