Conflicts in the Colonies 6-4

Many colonists thought that the Townshend Acts

• should be replaced by a Stamp Act
• had the best interest of the colonies at heart
• took too much power away from the colonies and gave it to royal officials
• would be a good way to help Parliament raise money

Colonial women played a key role in the boycott of British goods by 

• buying all the British cloth and other goods they could afford
• throwing British cloth and food into Boston Harbor
• buying French food and cloth instead
•  making cloth and other necessary goods at home

The Boston Massacre occurred as a result of

• passage of the Intolerable Acts
• enforcement of the Townshend Acts
• passage of the Tea Act
• the Boston Tea Party

Whose ship was seized by tax collectors on suspicion of smuggling?

• Crispus Attucks
• John Hancock
• Samuel Adams
• Thomas Gage

The colonists who participated in the Boston Tea Party

• disguised themselves as Indians
• were caught and sent to prison
• apologized to the British government
• disguised themselves as British officers

The Tea Act of 1773

• gave colonial merchants the right to sell their tea directly to Britain.
• banned the sale of tea to the colonies
• gave the British East India Company permission to sell its tea directly to the colonies
• banned taxes on tea in the colonies

Who was Mercy Otis Warren?

• the leader of the Sons of Liberty
• the governor of Massachusetts
• the first person killed in the Boston Massacre
• a writer who criticized the actions of the British government

As a result of the Boston Tea Party, 

• Massachusetts was given a charter
• the colonial legislature passed the Intolerable Acts
• Parliament passed the Coercive Acts
• Britain repealed the Quartering Act

The writs of assistance

• allowed colonial women to buy British cloth at reduced prices
• allowed tax collectors to search for smuggled goods
• helped colonists pay for imported tea
• helped each colony prepare its own charter and form its own legislature

Following the Boston Massacre, Britain's Parliament

• repealed the Townshend Acts but kept the tax on tea
• repealed the tax on tea but passed a new tax on coffee
• repealed the Stamp Act but kept the tax on sugar
• repealed the tax on tea and repealed the Intolerable Acts