American History Chapter 5

What was the name of the fight that broke out on the streets among the Redcoats and the colonists that led to 5 colonists being killed?

• The Boston Massacre
• The Boston Tea Party
• American Revolution
• The French and Indian War

Which act gave the East India Tea Company an advantage over colonial merchants?

• Declaratory Act
• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Tea Act

What was the defiant act that caused some colonists to celebrate afterward?

• The Boston Massacre
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Coercive Acts
• The Intolerable Acts

Which of the following was not one of the Coercive Acts that Parliament passed to punish the colonists for resisting British authority?

• The colonists were forced to let British soldiers to live among them.
• Town meeting were banned in New York.
• Boston Harbor was closed until the colonist paid for the ruined tea.
• The Quebec Act was passed that created a government for Candad and extended its land.

Great Britain developed a huge debt from fighting the French and Indian War.

• True
• False

The Proclamation of 1763 did allow the colonists to move West into the Native American Land.

• True
• False

Some colonists began to smuggle to goods in hopes to avoid taxes.

• True 
• False

The Sugar Act lowered the tax on molasses in hopes the colonists would stop smuggling.

• True
• False

The Stamp Act was the law that taxed all printed materials.

• True
• False

Samuel Adams was the leader of the Daughters of Liberty.

• True
• False