Townshend Act

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Multiple Choice

The _________ was repealed due to stiff resistance and organized boycotts.

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

Multiple Choice

King ______ wanted the colonists to pay for damages caused by rioting and the price of printing millions of now worthless stamps.

• James II

• Charles II

• George III

Multiple Choice

One of the most effective voices of resistance was ___________who had been sent to London to speak on the colonies behalf.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Charles Townshend

• Sam Adams

Multiple Choice

In 1767, Parliament passed an ambitious series of laws that became known as the _______________.

• Stamp Acts

• Towshend Acts

• Acts of George III

Multiple Choice

The revenue from the Townshend Acts would go to pay the salaries of _______ that the colonists were already providing housing and supplies for.

• governors

• tax collectors

• troops

Multiple Choice

___________ gave British authorities the right to search any building or vessel for any reason.

• Writs of Assistance

• Townshend Acts

• Charters

Multiple Choice

_________ organized protests, secret societies, and Committees of Correspondence.

• Sons of Liberty

• Committees of Correspondence

• Parliament

Multiple Choice

________________ held spinning bees to create American-made clothes.

• Sons of Liberty

• Daughters of Liberty

• Liberty's Kids

Multiple Choice

In response to the Liberty incident, the governor broke up the _______ legislature and requested troops to restore order.

• Massachusetts

• New York

• Colonial

Multiple Choice

Due to __________, most of the Townshend Acts were repealed.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Parliamentary apathy

• colonial resistance

Multiple Choice

The Townshend Acts cost Britain ___________ to attempt to enforce (they brought in a measly 295 pounds)

• 295,000 punds

• 100,000 pounds

• 170,000 pounds

Multiple Choice

The first _________ arrived in Boston in October 1768.

• British soldiers

• Townshend Acts

• Boxes of Tea