Name:
British Acts, Purpose and Effect on Colonists
Act/Event
Purpose
Effect
To keep colonists from settling _____
of the Appalachians where they would
have to be protected from Native
Americans.
Angered the colonists who
wanted to use _________
lands for their own purposes.
Britain needed _________ to help pay
for their war against France, so it
_________ imported items such as
sugar, molasses, wine, and coffee.
Colonists were upset about
paying new taxes because they
didn’t have _______________ to
stand up for their rights in
Parliament.
Stamp Act
It required colonists to pay for a tax
____________ on paper goods such as
almanacs, newspapers, and official
documents.
It caused more trouble than
the Sugar Act because the
taxes on ___________ goods
were high.
Quartering Act
It required colonial towns to provide
____________ and supplies for the
British ____________ in their
localities.
It was unpopular, and when
New York tried to
__________, their legislature
was shut down.
These created indirect taxes called
__________ on imported items such as
tea, glass, lead, paint, and paper.
Americans got madder and
_________________ British
goods.
A crowd of colonists
____________________ against
taxation.
___________ colonists were
killed by British soldiers, and
it fanned the flame of
Revolution.
Boston Tea
Party
Patriots dumped tea into the
________________ to protest taxes.
This provoked anger back in
________________.
Intolerable
Acts
The British passed laws to
________________ Massachusetts and
force them into obedience.
Extra British troops were sent
to the colony. Boston’s harbor
was ___________ down.
Trade suffered badly.
Proclamation
of 1763
Sugar Act
Townshend
Acts
Boston
Massacre