Chapter 5 Review

Which of the following acts gave the East India Company an advantage over colonial merchants?

• Declaratory Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Tea Act

Twenty colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre.

• True

• False

Why were some militias known as minutemen?

• they could be ready to fight at a minute's notice

• they could get to any battle within 60 seconds

• they were able to win a battle in less than a minute

Which of these means to prevent or forbid?

• prohibit

• petition

• rebellion

• resolution

Goods being imported into the colonies were taxed by which act?

• Declaratory Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts

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

• True

• False

What did some colonists do to avoid taxes?

• argued for more taxes

• moved

• resorted to smuggling

• went to court

Paul Revere's engraving of which event was an example of propaganda that led to more intense anti-British feelings among the colonists?

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

• Liberty affair

• Boston Massacre

Which of these is an introduction to a written document?

• propaganda

• preamble

• resolution

• petition

Which of the following allowed colonists to pay lower taxes on molasses?

• Declaratory Act

• Stamp Act

• Sugar Act

• Townshend Acts