American Revolution Lesson 1

Which statement BEST explains why the colonists were angry about the Stamp Act?

• The Stamp Act was unfair because the colonists had no representation in Parliament.

• The Stamp Act taxed goods the colonists produced in America.

• The Stamp Act should also apply to Native Americans.

• The Stamp Act taxed the colonists’ land.

Why did Great Britain repeal the Stamp Act?

• France invaded and conquered Great Britain.

• Great Britain earned enough money from the tax to repay its war debts.

• The Stamp Act had caused Native American revolts.

• The colonists were threatening stamp agents and boycotting British goods.

What set of laws placed new taxes on the colonists after the repeal of the Stamp Act?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The First Continental Congress

• The Townshend Acts

• The Sons of Liberty

Which phrase BEST describes the main reason for the colonists’ anger about the Stamp Act?

• “No taxation without representation!”

• “Don’t tread on me.”

• “Join or die.”

• Common sense

Which of the following was something the colonists did to oppose the Stamp Act?

• urge Native Americans to attack British troops in Boston

• capture British cannons from Fort Ticonderoga

• continue to settle in the Ohio River valley

• hang effigies of stamp agents and threaten them

Why did the British send warships and troops to Boston Harbor in 1768?

• to subdue a Native American revolt

• to limit the colonists’ protests against British taxes

• to deliver cargoes of enslaved Africans

• to bombard the city of Boston

a tax on imports

• Stamp Act

• effigy

• tariff

• Townsend Acts

a governing body in England that approved the Stamp Act and Townsend Acts

• Parliament

• Congress

• Senate

• House of Representatives

to refuse to use or buy something

• repeal

• boycott

• embargo

• effigy

a set of taxes on imported goods such as glass, lead, paint, wool, and paper

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Tax

• Townshend Acts

• Middle Passage