Battling British Acts
Complete the chart below including a description of the act. Also, draw a picture to go along with each act; which should be a
symbol or something to remind you what the purpose of the act was. Then in the colonial response column write what the colonists
did in reaction . Do the same for the British reaction.
Act
The Molasses Act
(1733)
The Sugar Act
(1764)
Picture
Colonial
Response
British Reaction
Lesson Learned
by either side
The Stamp Act
(1765)
The Quartering
Act (1765)
The Townshend
Act (1767)
The Tea Act
(1773)
The Intolerable
Act (1774)
RESPONSE QUESTIONS
How would you react as a colonists during this time?
Why are the Colonists upset about the taxes?
What becomes the ‘battle cry’ for the colonists?