Chapter 5 The Spirit OF Independence

American colonists were prohibited from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains by the ________

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Declaratory Act

After the French and Indian war, the colonies offered top pay some Britain's war debts

• True

• False

• After the French

Who was George Grenville?

• A member of the House of Burgesses

• Leader of the Sons of Liberty

• A famous smuggler

• The British prime minister

Some colonists smuggled goods to avoid paying taxes

• True

• False

Parliament authorized writs of assistance that ____________

• Let poorer colonists buy goods tax-free

• Allowed official s to search for smuggled goods

• Moved colonists trials to Britain

• Took away colonists' right to vote

The Sugar Act angered the colonists because _____________

• They believed that sugar should not to be taxed

• It raised the tax on sugar

• They believed it violated their rights as English citizens

• it allowed the British to import their own molasses

What group did Samuel Adams hep start in order to protest the Stamp Act?

• Sons of Independence

• Committees of correspondence

• Citizens forLiberty

• Sons of Liberty

The Townshend Acts were different from the Stamp Act because_____________

• Townshend taxes were paid only on goods made in the colonies

• Townshends taxes were paid only on goods imported into the colonies

• Townshends taxes were paid only in goods sent from the colonies

• Townshend taxes were paid only on goods shipped to southern colonies

Who phrased "NO Taxation Without Representation" for the colonists?

• James Madison

• Benjamin Franklin

• James Otis

• Otis Reed

The Stamp Act taxes included almost all printed materials including:

• Newspaper, tea, glass, playing cards, wills

• Wills, playing cards, business cards, tea, stamp

• Wills, Newspaper, glass, molasses

• Newspaper, wills, playing cards, paper, marriage licenses