Ch. 5 -1. No Taxation w/o Representation

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 to pay some of Britain's war debts.

• true

• false

Who was George Grenville?

• a member of the House of Burgesses

• leader of the Sons of Liberty

• a famous engineer

• the British prime minister

Some colonists smuggled goods to avoid paying taxes

• true

• false

The Sugar Tax of 1764 raised the tax on all products that contained sugar.

• true

• false

Parliament authorized writs of assistance that ____________.

• let poorer colonists buy goods tax-free

• allowed officials 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 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 help to start in order to protest the Stamp Act?

• Sons for Independence

• Committees of Correspondence

• Citizens for Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

Patrick Henry persuaded the Virginia House of Burgesses to take action against the Stamp Act.

• true

• false

The Townshend Acts were different from the Stamp Act because ____________.

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

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

• Townshend taxes were paid only on goods sent from the colonies

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