Chapter 5 Lesson 1

Chapter 5 Lesson 1 Tensions with Britain

Multiple Choice

Great Britain won the French and Indian War, and as a result gained a lot of _______, meaning that it owed money.

• land
• debt
• taxes
• victories

Multiple Choice

Patrick Henry was....

• A young lawyer from Virginia who opposed the Stamp Act.
• A leader from Great Britain who was for the Stamp Act.
• A member of Great Britain's Parliament.
• A soldier in the French and Indian War.

Multiple Choice

What did the Stamp Act Congress ask Parliament to do?

• follow through with the Stamp Act
• repeal the Stamp Act
• rewrite the Stamp Act
• choose new members

Multiple Choice

When people act together and refuse to use or buy something, it is called a ____________.

• repeal
• effigy
• tariff
• boycott

Multiple Choice

What did the Townshend Acts call for?

• a tax on goods that colonists imported from Britain
• A tax on good that colonists exported to Britain
• to do away with the Stamp Act
• to make the Stamp Act a law

Multiple Choice

The goods the Townshend Acts placed a tariff, or tax, on included _____________.

• furniture, fabric, and wool
• meat, cheese, and pastries
• paper, wool, glass, paint, and lead
• felt, plastic, thread, pins, and needles

Multiple Choice

Many colonists were unhappy about the Townshend Act.  In response, a group called the ___________ organized protests.

• Fathers of America
• Sons of Liberty
• Daughters of the Red, White, and Blue
• Sons of Samuel Adams

Multiple Choice

True or False?
The protests worked and in 1770 the Townshend Acts were repealed.

• True
• False