Problems in the Colonies

Why were the colonists upset with England?

• England signed the Declaration of Independence.
• The king did not want to be part of the colonies.
• The colonists did not want to pay taxes to England.
• The colonists were not friendly with the king.

What was the name of the document written so that the colonists could have the right to choose their own government?

• First Continental Congress
• Tea Act
• Second Continental Congress
• Declaration of Independence

This was a tax on tea and the colonists refused to pay it.  The tea was dumped in the harbor and stored in the basement.

• Stamp Act
• Tea Act
• Declaration of Independence
• First Continental Congress

What happened as a result of the Stamp Act?

• Colonists agreed to the tax on paper products.
• Colonists stopped buying paper products.
• Colonists got mad and refused to buy the stamps.
• England got tax money from the colonists on paper products.

What did the First Continental Congress decide to do about the problems with England?

• go to war
• boycott England
• sell rice and indigo at home
• refuse to unload the boat in the harbor

What was the only crop SC planters were allowed to export after the meeting of the First Continental Congress?

• tobacco
• rice
• indigo
• tea

The group of colonists who wanted to remain loyal to England were called ______.

• colonists
• Loyalists
• Patriots
• Native Americans

Another name for Loyalists was _____.

• Patriots
• Tories
• Continental Congress
• Colonists

This punishment was given to the Loyalists for siding with England on the "big issues in the colonies".

• ice water challenge
• tar and feathering
• time out
• no punishment

Another name for Loyalists was _____.

• Patriots
• Loyals
• Royals
• Tories