Pre Revolution Quiz

Which act taxed just paper?

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Duties

• Intolerable Acts

Which act put a indirect tax on paint, paper, tea and other goods?

• Townshend Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Intolerable Acts

Which act allowed the East India Tea Company sell their tea to the colonists at cheap prices?

• Tea Act

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Duties

Which act was put in place to punish Boston for the Boston Tea Party?

• Intolerable Acts

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Townshend Duties

The Stamp Act was a tax on:

• Printed Goods
• Tea
• Stamps
• Paper glass and ink

The Townshend Acts taxed:

• Glass
• Paper
• Tea
• All of these

The colonists protested taxes because:

• the taxes were too high
• they never liked being part of Britain
• they had no representation in Parliament
• they didn't know what taxes were

The Boston Tea Party:

• was a boycott of tea

• a protest in which 5 people were killed

• a protest in which Sam Adams and other colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor

• the first battle of the Revolutionary War

What was the Sugar Act?

• a set of new taxes on manufactured products

• a set of new taxes on molasses whose main purpose was to raise revenue and minimize smuggling

• a set of new taxes on letters mailed to England

• a set of new taxes on legal documents

This was a tax on molasses and sugar to reduce smuggling.

• Stamp Act
• Sugar Act
• Townshend Act
• Tea Act

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