Revolution Acts Quiz

Who was the King during the American Revolution?

• King Arthur
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• King George III

What is a refusal to buy goods called?

• congress
• repeal
• boycott
• bankrupt

How did Parliament respond to protests against the Stamp Act? 

• It sent troops to enforce the law.
• It allowed a representative from the colonies to attend its sessions.
•  It repealed the law.
• It passed the Tea Act.

What law that forced colonists to provide places to live for all the Redcoats in America?

• Townshend Acts
• Quartering Act
• Sugar Act
• Navigation Act

What was the Stamp Act?

• a tax put on the American colonies by the British
• Colonists weren't allowed to use stamps
• A play about stamps

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

Why was the Stamp Act enacted?

• To help open jobs
• To punish the colonists
• To help pay debt from the Seven Years' war
• To help with trading

Define boycott.

• An organized campaign to refuse to buy certain products
• import tax
• Citizen soldiers who could be ready to fight at a minute's notice
• to surrender

What did the colonists do to get rid of the Stamp Act?

• Nothing, they loved it!
• They paid it but were unhappy about it
• They mobbed and protested
• They started another war

The Stamp Act taxed _____________.

• tea
• newspapers
• sugar
• coffee