Taxes, Taxes, Taxes (and some other stuff too!)

Our job at this point is to research causes of the American Revolution.  Using Google docs, you and a partner will research the following:

Sugar Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Acts
Tea Act

For each of the above, you should answer the following questions:
1)  What was taxed?
2)  Who was affected by the tax?
3)  Why did the colonists protest the tax?
4)  In what ways did the colonists protest the tax?

After researching taxes, answer this question in your document:  
"Was the American Revolution justified?"  Based on the taxes above, do you think the colonists had a good reason for rebelling and overthrowing Great Britain?


Research each of the following laws and events (not taxes), and answer the questions that follow:
Proclamation of 1763 (law)
The Navigation Acts (law)
Writs of assistance (law)
Quartering Act of 1765 (law)
The Boston Massacre (event)
The Boston Tea Party (event)
The Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) (law)

Questions for laws:
1)  Description of law
2)  What was the purpose of law?
3)  Why did the colonists protest the law?
4)  In what ways did the colonists protest the law?

Questions for events:
1)  Describe the event
2)  What caused the event?
3)  How did Parliament react to the event?