5th Grade Studies Weekly-Week 13

What was the role of British Parliament in the colonies?

• to enforce laws and arrest people

• to create laws and collect taxes

• to ship goods to the colonists

• They had no role in the colonies.

Why were the British soldiers, known as Regulars, assigned to be in the colonies?

Who voted in the elections to choose the members of Parliament?

• only those living in Great Britain

• only those living in the colonies

• only those with property

• only those who were wealthy

The Stamp Act was a tax on __________.

• newspapers

• letters to England

• all paper products

• stamps

Who is considered the first casualty in the war for independence?

• John Adams

• John Hancocck

• Thomas Hutchinson

• Crispus Attucks

What was the effect of the Quartering Act?

• It allowed for the printing of money in the colonies.

• It prevented settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.

• It forced colonists to provide food and housing for British soldiers.

• It divided the colonies into four districts.

Most of the Acts of Parliament toward the colonies involved __________.

• quartering troops

• taxes

• tea

• paper

Why did Parliament decide to raise taxes in the American colonies?

What was the economic action the colonists took to impact British goods?

• They passed a tariff.

• They destroyed goods.

• They organized a boycott.

• They refused to pay the British Regulars.