4.01: Conflict in the Colonies Review

What is the British government building called where they wrote the laws to tax the colonies?

• Parliament

• White House

• Congress

Why did Great Britain pass the Sugar Act, the Stamp Act, and the Townshend Acts?

• to pay for keeping an army in North America

• to punish colonists who participated in the Boston Tea Party

• to pay for new roads and canals across North America

• to punish colonists for supporting the French during the French and Indian War

Colonists challenged British taxes effectively by _____________ British goods

• selling

• boycotting

• stealing

• smuggling

Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the taxes by doing what?

• Taking military action against the British

• Forming alliances with the enemies of Britain

• Meeting with Parliament in England

• Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts

Women also helped support the move for independence by creating homespun and boycotting British goods. They were known as the _______.

• Women's club

• Daughters of Liberty

• Loyalists

• Women of America

What event does this drawing show?

• Tarring and feathering

• Boston Tea Party

• Boston Massacre

What was the Boston Massacre?

• the violent seizure of colonists to serve in the British army and navy

• an incident where colonists clashed with British soldiers and five colonists died as a result

• the execution of British soldiers for their part in the deaths of five colonists

• an attack on colonists by British soldiers to punish them for boycotting British goods

During the Boston Massacre, Crispus Attucks was a casualty of the incident.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Information that is spread with the purpose of supporting a cause

• Boycott
• Propaganda
• Bias

Why were the British soldiers found not guilty after the Boston Massacre?

• They acted in self defense

• They were actually found to be guilty

• They court did not have legal search warrants

• Their arrest was not done properly so they were let go.