acts/ legislations/amendments

Question 1

Sugar Act of 1764

Answer 1

The first law ever passed by Parliament for raising tax revenues in the colonies for the crown was the

Question 2

Stamp Act 1765

Answer 2

The Stamp Act of 1765 was a British law that required colonists to buy a special stamp for printed materials like newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards. It was the first direct tax imposed on the colonies by Britain and was intended to help pay for British troops stationed in North America.

Key Points:
Applied to all printed materials, making it widely unpopular.

Colonists argued “no taxation without representation,” since they had no elected representatives in Parliament.

Led to protests, riots, and boycotts—the Stamp Act Congress was formed to petition against it.

Question 3

Quartering Act in 1765

Answer 3

Quartering Act was a British law passed in 1765 that required American colonists to house and provide for British soldiers stationed in the colonies. It was one of several laws that increased colonial resentment toward British rule. It was part of the larger effort to enforce British authority after the Seven Years’ War.

Question 4

The Declaratory Act 1766

Answer 4

The Declaratory Act was a British law passed in 1766 that stated Parliament had full authority to make laws for the American colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”

Question 5

Townshed acts 1767

Answer 5

The Townshend Acts were a series of British laws passed in 1767 that imposed duties on various goods imported into the American colonies. They were named after Charles Townshend, the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, who introduced them as a way to raise revenue and assert British control.

Question 6

bill of rights

Question 7

constitution

Question 8

Compromise of 1850 & Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854)

Question 9

13th (1865), 14th (1868), & 15th (1870) Amendments

Question 10

Reconstruction Acts (1867)

Question 11

Compromise of 1877

Question 12

Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

Question 13

19th Amendment (1920)

Question 14

Lend-Lease Act (1941)

Question 15

Civil Rights Act (1964) & Voting Rights Act (1965)

Question 16

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

Question 17

Interstate Commerce Act (1887)

Question 18

Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

Question 19

Federal Reserve Act (1913)

Question 20

jim crow laws