The Road to & throuugh the American Revolution

Which term refers to the fact that Great Britain had allowed the colonists to self-govern until the end of the French and Indian War?

• Repeal

• Salutary Neglect

• Taxation with Representation

• Writs of Assistance

Which tax law placed a direct tax on sugar, molasses, silk and other luxury items imported from England in 1764?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Duties

• Tea Act

Which 1765 law placed a direct tax on newspaper, playing cards, shipping papers and other legal documents by requiring stamps on these printed materials?

• Sugar Act

• Stamp Act

• Paper Act

• Tea Act

Why did Britain pass the Stamp Act and the Townshend Acts?

• Britain needed help paying for the French and Indian War.

• Britain wanted to stop the colonists from selling newspapers.

• Britain wanted the colonists to open more post offices.

• Britain wanted to slow down trade between the colonists and England.

Which famous anti-British group in SC often tarred and feathered tax collectors, staged boycotts, and hung effigies as forms of protests against the British tax laws?

• Loyalists

• Committees of Correspondence

• Gadsden's Gang

• Sons of Liberty

What name was given to the documents that the British soldiers were given that allowed them to search colonists' homes and business looking for smuggled goods?

• Correspondence Letters

• The King's Stamp

• Writs of Assistance

• Smuggling Letters

Why did the Boston Massacre take place in 1770?

• Colonists threw tea in the faces of the British soldiers in Boston.

• Samuel Adams killed a British soldier.

• Citizens attacked soldiers searching their homes for smuggled goods.

• An angry mob threatened a soldier while on guard duty,

What name was given to the life-sized images resembling royal officials used to protest tax laws? *They were often burned to show their dislike of the tax laws.

• Voodoo Dolls

• Effigies

• Puppets

• Tax Collectors

Which of the following was the reaction of the SC Sons of Liberty after the Tea Act was passed?

• Colonists bought the cheaper East Indian tea.

• Colonists attempted a small Charles Town Tea Party?

• Colonists sent representatives to the Stamp Act Congress?

• Colonists sent representatiaves to the Continental Congress?

Why were the main reason the colonists were so angry over the tax laws passed by Parliament?

• The taxes were so high and hurt the colonists' business?

• The taxes had to be paid or all the seaports in the colonies would be closed.

• The colonists did not have representatives in Parliament to help decide the tax laws.

• Parliament threatened death to smugglers who made it easy for colonists to stop paying taxes on imported goods.