British Acts Worksheet – Based on your reading please fill in the chart below
What year did it
happen?
Sugar Act
Townshend
Acts
Tea Act
Why was it enacted?
Name_____________________________________
What did the Act do?
How did the Colonists react?
What year did it
happen?
Stamp Act
Coercive or
Intolerable
Acts
Why was it enacted?
What did the Act do?
How did the Colonists react?
British Acts Worksheet – Please answer the following questions in paragraph format
1. What was the original reason for the British to begin enforcing taxes in the Colonies? Do you think the British were right or wrong to have passed all of
these Acts? Defend your answer.
2. Do you agree with the ways in which the colonists responded to the Acts? Why or why not?
3. How did these Acts affect the way the colonists felt about their home country? How do you think the British in England felt about the colonist’s
response to their taxation efforts?
4. If you had been a colonist in Massachusetts how would these Acts have affected your daily life? How about if you had been a colonist in Virginia? Give
specific examples. Do you think the Acts were enough of a reason to start a revolution? Why or why not?