Colonial Taxes and Resistance

By JUSTIN SIEVERT

Match

Match the following acts to the correct descriptions

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Act

Taxed all legal documents 

Meant to keep the E. India Company alive

British response to Boston Tea Party

taxed imports like wine, sugar, paper

• Taxed all legal documents 

• Meant to keep the E. India Company alive

• British response to Boston Tea Party

• taxed imports like wine, sugar, paper

Multiple Choice

Who was responsible for the Boston Tea Party?

• The Loyalists

• The Native Americans

• The French

• The Sons of Liberty

Multiple Choice

Which act was passed first?

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

Multiple Choice

What was the main method of protest used by the colonists?

• boycotts

• violence

• marching

• writing angry letters 

Multiple Choice

What is a boycott?

• it involves tarring and feathering

• the refusal to buy certain goods

• destroying certain goods

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

Which Act resulted in the First Continental Congress?

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?

• To declare war on Britain

• To declare Independence from Britain

• To organize protest efforts against the British

• All of the above