Intolerable Act -Social Studies

What was the Stamp Act?

• A group of colonists forced to pay taxes
• A law forcing colonists to pay a tax on all printed matter
• A law that said that the East India Company was the only company allowed to sell tea
• A law saying people had to use 2 stamps on each letter

The effect of Britain needing more money was...

• the Stamp Act passed
• the Stamp Act repealed
• the Townshend Acts passed

What caused the Intolerable Acts to begin?

• The Stamp Act
• The Boston Tea Party
• The Boston Massacre
• Miss Coleman and Mrs. Preston

What key event caused the Intolerable Acts

• Townshend Acts 
• Stamp Act
• Boston Tea Party 
• All of the above

Laws that were passed, which colonists thought were too hard were known as what?

• Stamp Act

• Repeal

• Rebel Acts

• Intolerable Acts

Who was in charge of passing the Intolerable Acts?

• King George

• Samuel Adams

• Thomas Paine

• George Washington

The Intolerable Acts (or Coercive Acts) ___________. 

• Closed the port of Boston and took away the colonial assembly. 
• made the king angry.
• made the colonist happy. 
• closed the port of Charleston. 

What is the other name given to the Intolerable Act?

• Townshend Act

• Tea Act

• Coercive Act

• Declaratory Act

What was the punishment the British gave after the Tea Party?

• The Sugar Act

• Taking all of the tea away

• Closing the Boston Harbor

• Attacking the Colonies

Which of the following placed a tax on colonists to save the British East India Company?

• Townshend Act
• Sugar Act
• Intolerable Acts
• Tea Act