APUSH- Acts toward Revolution 9/26/11

After the French & Indian War, Britain fell into great debt. In an effort to ease the burden created by defending the colonies, the British, under Prime Minister Lord Grenville and others, issued the following acts to tax the colonists. Use the following links to research these acts. Some links have the act and an explanation, some just have the act. Your job is to do further research with these sites and on the web(or from your notes) to answer the following questions for each. Put the answers in your notebook.

1) When was the act written/passed?
2) What does the act do/ meant to do?
3) What was the colonial reaction to the act?

Proclamation of 1763(only read the first 3 paragraphs)
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/proc63.htm

Sugar Act
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/sugaract.htm

Currency Act
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/currencyact.htm

Stamp Act (read only #1, #42-45, and #46. #1-41 all pertain to different forms of paper. You get the point.)
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/stampact.htm
**Answer this for #42-44 of the Stamp Act: Why do you think this particular tax was levied?

Quartering Act(read to "II" only)
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/quartering.htm

Townshend Acts(Read down to "IV")
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/townshend.htm