Ch. 5 Social Studies - Lesson 1 & 2

_____________ is the lawmaking body and represented all of the colonies

• Congress

• The President

• Benjamin Franklin

• Stamp Act

What was the British government that colonists were not represented called?

• Constitution

• Congress

• Judicial Branch

• Parliament

The _____________ taxed every piece of printed paper that the colonists used.

• Boston Massacre

• Boston Tea Party

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

Who did colonists believe could pass tax laws?

• Only representatives they elected

• Anyone who wanted to

• Parliament

• Patrick Henry

This man was from Virginia and was very outspoken against the Stamp Act

• Benjamin Franklin

• Patrick Henry

• George Washington

• Crispus Attucks

What secret group was formed in 1765 with a group of men that organized protests to protect colonists' rights and protested British taxation?

• Parliament

• Sons of Liberty

• Patriots

• Neutralists

What was the name of the group of women that encouraged colonists to spin their own cloth instead of using British-made cloth?

• Patriots

• Gossip Girls

• Daughters of Liberty

• Sons of Liberty

When was the Stamp Act repealed?

• May 1776

• April 1763

• December 1768

• March 1766

The _____________ ______ were passed in 1767 and placed taxes on products such as glass, tea, lead, and paper that came into the colonies

• Stamp Act

• Townshend Acts

• Tea Act

• Sugar Act

When the Townshend Acts were repealed in 1770, only a tax on _______ remained

• Tea

• Sugar

• Paper

• Clothing