Ch 5: L1 Quiz: Tensions with Britain

Which of the following caused tensions between the colonies and Great Britain after the French and Indian War?

• Britain ordered the colonies to make the Albany Plan.

• Britain would not allow colonists to have British citizenship.

• Britain taxed them without colonial representation in Parliament.

In 1765, Britain believed it had the right to pass the __________ because it needed money to pay for war debts.

• Stamp Act

• Declaratory Act

• Quartering Act

Why did many colonists boycott British goods?

• They did not like British goods and preferred to buy goods made in the colonies.

• They were protesting to show Britain that colonists were angry about the taxes.

• They were protesting the poor quality of British goods that they had been forced to buy.

Which of the following was an organized group in the colonies that encouraged boycotts and protected colonists’ rights?

• Sons of Liberty

• Albany Congress

• Parliament

Which of the following were effects of colonists’ protests?

• The passage of the Stamp Act and Declaratory Act

• Colonial representation in the colonies and Parliament

• The passage of the Townshend Acts and repeal of the Stamp Act

Finish the following phrase: "No taxation without_______."

• presentation

• representation

• exclamation

Why did Britain think it had the right to tax the colonies?

• British soldiers were protecting the colonies, and Britain needed money to pay them.

• Britain hoped that by taxing the colonies it could benefit from American foreign trade.

• Britain was more powerful than the colonies, and the colonies relied on Britain to survive

The refusal to buy a product as part of a protest is a/an __________.

• retain

• boycott

• congress

• debt

• Stamp Act

To ______ something is to keep it.

• retain

• boycott

• congress

• debt

• Stamp Act

______ is a lawmaking body.

• retain

• boycott

• congress

• debt

• Stamp Act