Acts and Compromises Quiz w/o significance

Act of Toleration

granted freedom of worship to all Christians in Maryland (1649)

Molasses Act

taxed imported molasses from non-British colonies (1733)

Sugar Act

lowered molasses tax but enforced anti-smuggling laws to raise revenue (1764)

Stamp Act

required tax stamps on paper goods and documents (1765)

Quartering Act

forced colonists to house and supply British soldiers (1765)

Mutiny Act

required colonies to help supply and maintain British troops (1765)

Declaratory Act

stated Parliament could make laws for the colonies "in all cases" (1766)

Townshend Acts

taxed imports like glass, tea, paper, and paint (1767)

Quebec Act

expanded Quebec and allowed religious freedom for Catholics (1774)

Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)

punished Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party by closing Boston Harbor and limiting self-government (1774)

Massachusetts Government Act

took away Massachusetts' self-rule and placed it under royal control (1774)

Judiciary Act

created the federal court system and Supreme Court (1789)

Naturalization Act

increased years for immigrants to become citizens from 5 to 14 (1798)

Alien Act

let the president deport or jail non-citizens seen as threats (1798)

Sedition Act

made it illegal to criticize the government or its officials (1798)

3/5 Compromise

counted each enslaved person as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxes (1787)

Presidency Compromise

set a four-year term and created the Electoral College to elect the president (1787)

Commerce Compromise

allowed Congress to tax imports but not exports and delayed decisions on the slave trade for 20 years (1787)

Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)

combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans to form a two-house Congress—Senate with equal representation and House based on population (1787)

Virginia Plan

proposed a two-house legislature with representation based on state population (1787)

New Jersey Plan

proposed a one-house legislature with equal representation for all states (1787)