Question

use the chart on the other side to help you answer the questions below.

1. which act caused the earliest feelings of \taxation without representation\?
2. why did the colonists resent the quartering act even though the soldiers were there to protect them?
3. which act resulted in casualties and death?
4. which act reduced the area of land that colonists could settle in?
5. which act caused colonial currency to be useless?
6. which acts (3) did england feel were reasonable?
7. in what ways (at least 2), did colonists come together to oppose the actions of the king and the british?

Explanation:

1. The Stamp Act was one of the earliest to cause feelings of "taxation without representation" as it taxed printed materials directly and colonists had no say in its passage.
2. Colonists resented the Quartering Act because it forced them to provide housing, supplies etc. for soldiers at their own expense and it was seen as an infringement on their privacy and property rights.
3. The Intolerable Acts, particularly the events leading up to and including the Boston Massacre which was a result of the驻军 and tensions from the Coercive Acts, led to casualties and death.
4. The Proclamation of 1763 restricted colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains, reducing the available settlement - land area.
5. The Currency Act of 1764 made colonial paper money worthless in paying off debts to British merchants.
6. England likely felt the Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, and the Tea Act were reasonable as they were attempts to raise revenue to pay for the cost of defending and administering the colonies.
7. Colonists came together through boycotts of British goods (e.g., non - importation agreements), forming committees of correspondence to share information and coordinate resistance, and holding the First Continental Congress to discuss and plan a unified response.

Answer:

1. The Stamp Act
2. Forced to provide for soldiers at their own expense and invasion of privacy/property rights.
3. The Intolerable Acts (including events related to the Boston Massacre)
4. The Proclamation of 1763
5. The Currency Act of 1764
6. The Stamp Act, the Townshend Acts, the Tea Act
7. Boycotts of British goods, forming committees of correspondence, holding the First Continental Congress