8th Grade Module 4 Review

What did some colonists do to avoid taxes?

• they argued for more taxes

• they moved to the Atlantic Coast

• they resorted to muggling

• they went to court

Why were colonists angry after the Tea Act?

• They wanted Parliament to remove some of the taxes on tea.

• They wanted the ships to deliver tea to Boston Harbor.

• They wanted to make their own decisions about what tea to buy.

• They wanted to purchase East India Company Tea.

What was the political body that represented Americans and challenged British control?

• Coercive Acts

• Continental Congress

• Sons of Liberty

• Suffolk Resolves

How did Parliament react to the news of the Boston Tea Party?

• Parliament decided to boycott tea.

• Parliament passed the Coercive Acts.

• Parliament sent food and clothing to Boston.

• Parliament tried to hold meetings in Boston.

What was Thomas Paine's opinion about the colonies and Great Britain?

• The colonies should break from British rule.

• The colonies should continue to be taxed by Britain.

• The colonies should remain under British rule.

• The colonies should stop fighting British.

Where did many colonists believe fighting with the British would first break out?

• Great Britain

• New England

• Philadelphia

• Virginia

Thomas Jefferson drew on the ideas of which English philosopher when writing the Declaration of Independence?

• George Mason

• George Stout

• John Adams

• John Locke

The Stamp Act outraged colonists because they believed Parliament could tax them.

• True

• False

One of the Coercive Acts forced the colonies to allow British soldiers to live among the colonists.

• True

• False

Some colonists were Loyalists who sided with Britain; the other colonists were Patriots who supported the right to independence.

• False

• True