Legislation Table

Question 0

Stamp Act March 22, 1765; repealed March 18, 1766 but Declaratory Act passed

Answer 0

-Riots in cities; collectors forced to resign; Stamp Act Congress (Oct. 1765)
-Patrick Henry introduces 5 Resolutions in House Burgesses protesting this act =Va. Resolves
Daughters of Liberty

Question 1

Sugar Act April 5, 1764

Answer 1

• Several assemblies protest taxation for revenue

- Petition started by James Otis, Mass. “deprived Americans of the right to assess their own taxes

Question 2

Quartering Act May 1765

Answer 2

Protest in assemblies; New York Assembly punished for failure to comply (1767) by suspension

Question 3

Declaratory Act March 18, 1766

Answer 3

• Ignored in celebration over repeal of the Stamp Act

- “No” taxation without representation” is tyranny (James Otis)

Question 4

Townshend Revenue Acts June 26, 29 July 2, 1767; all repealed except duty on tea, March 1770

Answer 4

• Nonimportation of British goods; assemblies protest; newspapers attack British policy
• Boston massacre

Question 5

Tea Act May 10, 1773

Answer 5

• Protests against favoritism shown to monopolistic company; tea destroyed in Boston (December 16, 1773)
• Boston tea party

Question 6

Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) March – June 1774

Answer 6

• Boycott of British, First Continental Congress convenes (September 1774
• Patrick Henry Quote “Give me liberty or give me death”

Question 7

Quebec Act June 22, 1774

Answer 7

“The shot heard round the world”

-Apr. 1775 Lexington and Concord

Question 8

Prohibitory Act December 22, 1775

Answer 8

• Drives Continental Congress closer to decision for independence
• Thomas Paine Common Sense Declaration of Independence