SS5A - UNIT 4 - CHAPTER 8 REVIEW

Why did Parliament tax the colonies?

• As Britain needed money to attack new colonies.

• As Britain faced huge debts as a result of natural diseases.

• As Britain faced huge debts as a result of the French and Indian War.

• As Britain faces huge debts as a result of World War I.

What was content of the Stamp Act that Parliament passed in 1765?

• It placed a tax on

  clothing materials in the colonies.

• It placed a tax on

  printed materials in the colonies.

• It placed a tax on

  tea in the colonies.

• It placed a tax on

  food in the colonies.

How did the major part of colonists react with anger when news of the Stamp Act reached?

• Many colonists reacted with happiness.

• Many colonists reacted with anger.

• Many colonists accepted and obeyed new rule.

Who was one of the first to speak out against the Stamp Act?

• Patrick Henry

• Paul Revere

• Samuel Adams

• KingGeorgeIII

Who organized the Sons of Liberty?

• Patrick Henry

• Samuel Adams

• Benjamin Franklin

• Mercy Otis Warren

How did Daughters of Liberty help the boycott?

• Daughters of Liberty led protests.

• Daughters of Liberty began weaving cloth and making their own "liberty tea".

• Daughters of Liberty join Tea Party.

• Daughters of Liberty housed and fed British soldiers.

Townshend Acts were laws that ..............

• taxed on exported goods —on paper, wool, tea, and other goods that the colonies imported from Britain.

• taxed on printed materials like playing cards, paper,..

• placed a tariff —a tax on imported goods—on paper, wool, tea, and other goods that the colonies imported from Britain.

• taxed on tea

Which event was known as the Boston Massacre?

• The colonists panicked and they fired into the crowd, killing five soldiers.

• The soldiers panicked and they fired into the crowd, killing five people.

Why did Parliament cancel all the taxes but keep the tax on tea?

• As Parliament needed money to attack other countries.

• Parliament's goal was

  to show the colonists that they still had the right to tax the colonies.